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November!

whoa! its november already... out of the birthday month and into the month of thanks... hmm makes me think about what I am thankful for...

have you thought about what you are thankful for lately... just wondered... questions like these are something that start me on trails of thought that go on and on and on... there are the basics like air, water, and food... and then beyond that at the other end of the spectrum are the intangibles...

and yet then I return to whether or not air is an intangible ....as well it has some of the qualities of the intangible as its not really something that can be seen....

so that begs the thought of what we consider to be the definition of tangible... hmm what could websters say about that...

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tan·gi·ble [tan-juh-buhl] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective
1.capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial.
2.real or actual, rather than imaginary or visionary: the tangible benefits of sunshine.
3.definite; not vague or elusive: no tangible grounds for suspicion.
4.(of an asset) having actual physical existence, as real estate or chattels, and therefore capable of being assigned a value in monetary terms.
–noun
5.something tangible, esp. a tangible asset.

[Origin: 1580–90; <>tangibilis, equiv. to L tang(ere) to touch + -ibilis -ible]

tan·gi·bil·i·ty, tan·gi·ble·ness, noun
tan·gi·bly, adverb

1. palpable, corporeal. 2. certain, genuine, perceptible. 3. specific.

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