palpable

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
palpable /ˈpalpəb(ə)l/

▶adjective

• 1 able to be touched or felt.

• 2 plain to see or comprehend: a palpable sense of loss.

– derivatives
palpability noun,
palpably adverb.

– origin ME: from late L. palpabilis, from L. palpare ‘feel, touch gently’.