intangibility

UK/in.tændʒә'biliti/US

GREC1

Definitions

The quality of having no physical form or being impossible to grasp clearly

无形性；不可触知性

Root Breakdown

Root-derived

in-not, opposite of

tangtouch

-ibilitystate, quality, condition

=intangibility

Abstract noun of intangible: in- (not) + tang (touch) + -ibility = the quality of not being touchable. Used in law and economics for assets or qualities with no physical body.

Root tact still carries 52 more words

Example Sentences

1.
The intangibility of services makes them hard to price.
2.
Brand value is defined partly by its intangibility.

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