Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Tangible

Tangible , adjective

[Latin tangibilis, from tangere to touch: compare French tangible. See Tangent.]

1.
Perceptible to the touch; tactile; palpable. — Bacon
2.
Capable of being possessed or realized; readily apprehensible by the mind; real; substantial; evident.
A tangible blunder. — Byron
Direct and tangible benefit to ourselves and others. — Southey