Definition of "imperceptible" []

• Impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses: an imperceptible drop in temperature. (adjective)
• So subtle, slight, or gradual as to be barely perceptible: an imperceptible nod. (adjective)

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• "My brother rose to do so but he saw neither ewer nor basin; yet his host kept washing his hands with invisible soap in imperceptible water and cried,"
• "But [since without water tasting is impossible] either (a) we must suppose that water contains in itself [uniformly diffused through it] the various kinds of savour, already formed, though in amounts so small as to be imperceptible, which is the doctrine of"
• "For what is called imperceptible and incomprehensible does not produce an impression, because it is not a real fact, but a concept: the requisite of bulk in the beautiful is thus reduced to the effective reality of the physical fact, which serves for the reproduction of the beautiful."