Editing Tangibility (section)

{{Short description|Ability of something to be perceived by the senses}}
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{{Wiktionary|tangible}}

'''Tangibility''' is the property of being able to be [[perceived]], especially by the [[sense of touch]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=tangibility, n. meanings, etymology and more {{!}} Oxford English Dictionary |url=https://www.oed.com/dictionary/tangibility_n |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230924064805/https://www.oed.com/dictionary/tangibility_n |archive-date=2023-09-24 |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=www.oed.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-31 |title=Definition of TANGIBILITY |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tangibility |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> Metaphorically, something can also be said to be "cognitively tangible" if one can easily [[understand]] it.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Landry |first=Steven James |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Handbook_of_Human_Factors_in_Air_Transpo/sAZADwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PT334 |title=Handbook of Human Factors in Air Transportation Systems |date=2017-11-22 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-351-65229-2 |language=en}}</ref>