imperceptible
imperceptible is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Not perceptible; not to be apprehended or cognized by the souses; not discernible by the mind; not easily apprehended. Almost imperceptible to the touch. Dryden. Its operation is slow, and in some cases almost imperceptible. Burke. -- Im`per*cep"ti*ble*ness, n. -- Im`per*cep"ti*bly, adv. Their . . . subility and imperceptibleness. Sir M. Hale.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- behind
- blind
- blush
- born
- conceal
- concealed
- concealment
- covered
- covert
- curtain
- dark
- delitescence
- delitescent
- dim
- eclipse
- escape
- faint
- flower
- focus
- full
- fuzzy
- hidden
- hide
- ill
- imperceptibility
- inconspicuous
- indefinite
- indiscernible
- indistinct
- indistinctness
- indistinguishable
- invisibility
- invisible
- invisibleness
- latency
- latent
- lie
- lose
- lurk
- many
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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