Learn English – Good word for something physical that’s inexplicable

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I'm looking for a word to describe something physical, something that you can tangibly and empirically feel, but cannot see, nor sense in any other way than touch, nor explain its imperceptibility. Does anyone have any ideas?

EDIT: If anyone can think of a single word for such a definition, that would be fantastic! 🙂

Best Answer

Limen

Dependent on the type of limen, this fits:

Wikipedia:

as an adjective, means situated at a sensory threshold, hence barely perceptible. The absolute threshold is the lowest amount of sensation detectable by a sense organ.

Wordsmith:

noun: A threshold of response: point at which a stimulus is of sufficient intensity to generate a response. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin limen (threshold). - http://wordsmith.org/words/limen.html

limen 1 n the smallest detectable sensation Synonyms: threshold

Type of: aesthesis, esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation

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