imperceptible
imperceptible
Definition
im·per·cep·tible (im′pər sep′tə bəl)
adjective
not plain or distinct to the senses or the mind; esp., so slight, gradual, subtle, etc. as not to be easily perceived
Etymology: Fr < ML imperceptibilis: see in- & perceptible
im′·per·cep′·tibil′·ity noun
im′·per·cep′·tibly adverb
imperceptible
Synonyms
imperceptible
modif.
imperceptible
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- movement: Near where I am standing, the imperceptible movement of a root has pushed through the foundations of a wall.
- change: They suggest that there has been a slow movement toward morality, with an imperceptible ethical change in every year or at every instant.
- degree: We see at least that such powers are developed in children by imperceptible degrees.
- variation: Laid paper bears almost imperceptible variations in paper thickness.
- nod: Rather, they are a group whose importance seems to be taken as read in an almost imperceptible nod of quiet acknowledgment.
- loss: Alzheimerâs disease starts with gradual, almost imperceptible, loss of brain function, usually first noticed as loss of memory.
Modifying Another Word
- almost: The herb's delicate flowers have five petals with tiny, almost imperceptible black dots along their margins.
- surprisingly: A company based losses at more affect the photographic difference was surprisingly imperceptible.
- virtually: However Mercedes have pioneered a gearbox that makes the change virtually imperceptible.
- nearly: The effect is nearly imperceptible because the composition is so effective.
- quite: At first there was nothing to confide: the shrinking was quite imperceptible.
Used with adjective complement
- become: Or to be more accurate, their aging slowed enough to become almost imperceptible.
Browse dictionary entries near imperceptible
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