How To Use Imperceptible In A Sentence

The investigation revealed that it was likely that the airplane gradually accumulated a thin, rough glaze/mixed ice coverage on the leading edge deicing boot surfaces, possibly with ice ridge formation on the leading edge upper surface, as the airplane descended from 7000 feet mean sea level (msl) to 4000 feet msl in icing conditions, which may have been imperceptible to the pilots. WN.com - Business News
The film was edited by a skilled technician so that the joints are imperceptible.
Are there effluvia analogous to what we call odour: effluvia of extreme subtlety, absolutely imperceptible to us, yet capable of stimulating a sense-organ far more sensitive than our own? Social Life in the Insect World
The slight change in the taste was imperceptible to most people.
The law now seems clear, however, that so long as the change is gradual and imperceptible the doctrine applies.

Above me, two white clouds drifted with imperceptible motion across a luminous blue sky. DOUBTING THOMAS
There was an almost imperceptible pause as she gathered her breath to speak.
Any change came through slow imperceptible evolution.
If that's not the case - well, it's a lot of money to spend on what, for me, turned out to be an almost imperceptible difference.
Her face was almost imperceptible backed by the last remnants of the day's light. THE SHADOWS OF POWER
You put things out in the world hoping that it might be relevant to someone, but these things are subtle, imperceptible.
The pockets of the farmers, on the other hand, will reluctantly yield but scanty supplies, in the unwelcome shape of impositions on their houses and lands; and personal property is too precarious and invisible a fund to be laid hold of in any other way than by the imperceptible agency of taxes on consumption.
This would, however, be imperceptible so long as their lengths were not measured by some accurate mechanical time-measurer such as a clepsydra, sandglass, pendulum, or spring clock. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture
His head moved in an almost imperceptible nod.
And, thirdly, which is the most important point of all, did the same mill-pond contract in its dimensions by gradual and imperceptible stages, or did it sink into the present narrow channel of the Apple-pie, by any violent and sudden disruption of its banks? Swallow Barn, or A Sojourn in the Old Dominion. In Two Volumes. Vol. I.
Castlereagh, Gwydir, and the Dumaresq, with the many minor interfluent waters, which doubtless takes place upon those low levels, forms one or more noble rivers, which may flow across the continent by an almost imperceptible declivity of country to the north of north-west coasts, on certain parts of which, recent surveys have discovered to us extensive openings, by which the largest accumulations of waters might escape to the sea. Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia — Complete
The alternatives are various forms of death - quick, slow, agonising, or imperceptible.
On the Garden-side it is bordered by a shadowy, secluded grove, with winding paths among its boskiness, affording many a peep at the river's imperceptible lapse and tranquil gleam; and on the opposite shore stands the priory-church, with its churchyard full of shrubbery and tombstones. Our Old Home A Series of English Sketches A Series of English Sketches
Almost imperceptible on screen, it is actually made up of tiny chickens' feet and is repeated on the buttons of her dress.
The final dialogue, Imperceptible, is a darkly humorous piece of irony.
Stone looked at Sarah inquiringly; she responded with an almost imperceptible nod. WORST FEARS REALIZED
His head moved in an almost imperceptible nod.
Yet the incursions on free speech can be insidious and imperceptible.
With a touch imperceptible as dewfall, she touched her brother's mind and sharpened his inner longing with restlessness. Stormwarden
The technology was so named because it transmits stolen data in jittery chunks — by adding nearly imperceptible processing delays after a keystroke, and for the jitters such a bug could inspire in anyone with secure data to safeguard. JitterBugs: A New Computer Threat | Impact Lab
Two were eating out of the bowls that refilled so slowly that it was imperceptible, and two were eating out of regular bowls.
An imperceptible swelling indicates the place where the real stomach lies within; but in another sense one may call the oesophagus, and I might almost add the mouth itself, its stomach. The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals
A small current whirled around us, the giant fan palms nearby quivered in the almost imperceptible breeze and tropical birds whooped, cackled and whistled among the trees.
Does ESPN place sensors that measure "skin conductivity" and, says ESPN researcher Artie Bulgrin, also check for "almost imperceptible amount of perspiration that you might not feel but the probes can identify"? Pencils ready? Let's get quizzical about TV
An imperceptible breeze forced the leaves of a regiment of birch trees into anxious quaking.
Not even in Spain have I tasted a better tortilla: the potatoes and onions sweated to fondant softness, the egg almost imperceptible and just gently holding them.
Louis made an almost imperceptible gesture to Annette, who rose to her feet. DOUBLE DECEIT
The slight change in the taste was imperceptible to most people.
Such changes are imperceptible to even the best-trained eye.
Any Object we see is Abstract, because it is composed of an infinite number of indefinable, unrecognizable, nonfigurative, shadowy, intangible, imperceptible and undetectable 'points' or 'areas' and all these areas do not, and cannot, allow any human being to perceive them or relate to them in any meaningful manner. Science Blog - Science news straight from the source
The impact would be nearly imperceptible at first, but it'd be there, and significant enough to gum things up.
There was an almost imperceptible pause as she gathered her breath to speak.
The imperceptible and incohesive elements that swim the airy seas, or sleep in their gulfs, or linger in space, are in harmony with the plan of God and the scope of creation. Autobiography, sermons, addresses, and essays of Bishop L. H. Holsey, D. D.,
The forming of football consciousness needs longtime imperceptible edification to permeation.
Some of the well-known sledgers of the earlier years had large walrus moustaches, which made movement of their lips imperceptible.
When the basis of the lavas of the Malpays changes from pitchstone to obsidian, its colour is paler, and is mixed with grey; in this case, the feldspar passes by imperceptible gradations from the common to the vitreous. Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America
Imperfect as we know we are, we especially value the hand-fitted custom gun or the hand-stitched leather holster because we see the tiny goofs, the nearly imperceptible errors.
She was hurt and insulted and angry but at the same time an imperceptible, almost subliminal lightness had begun to form around her heart. SANDS OF TIME
I think there's an imperceptible incline, which makes sense as I was following the river upstream, so no cruising.
My shadow, briefly cutting sunlight, changes the land's chemistry in imperceptible ways that make us one.
taken distributively, their rights are imperceptible
It is at least simple enough for the simplest of critics to apply or misapply: whenever they see or suspect an inequality or an incongruity which may be wholly imperceptible to eyes uninured to the use of their spectacles, they assume at once the presence of another workman, the intrusion of a stranger's hand. A Study of Shakespeare
A slight almost imperceptible vibration of the vessel was felt.
In this awful moment of suspense, which seemingly but preceded the disuniting of soul and body, each of the young men turned a breathless look of horror upon the old hunter, such as landsmen in a terrible gale at sea would turn upon the commander of the vessel; but, save an almost imperceptible quiver of the lips, not a muscle of the now stern countenance of Boone changed. Ella Barnwell A Historical Romance of Border Life
On these repeat visits, subtle qualities gradually reveal themselves which were initially almost imperceptible.
Such changes are imperceptible to even the best-trained eye.
an imperceptible nod
But change is subtle and sometimes imperceptible.
The recording angel had probably noted the fact of her novelism among her virtues, but she had an imperceptible earthly public. This Is the End
This description does not only comprehend the bowels, bones, tendons, veins, nerves, and arteries, but every muscle and every ligature, which is a composition of fibres, that are so many imperceptible tubes or pipes interwoven on all sides with invisible glands or strainers. The Coverley Papers
She heard a faint, almost imperceptible cry.
Astrophysicists have been trying to detect such ‘gravitational waves,’ but the ripples from all but the, most violent cataclysms in the universe are imperceptible.
Even the degeneration of a medusoid from a free-swimming animal to a mere brood-sac (gonophore) is not sudden and saltatory, but occurs by imperceptible modifications throughout hundreds of years, as we can learn from the numerous stages of the process of degeneration persisting at the same time in different species. Evolution in Modern Thought
Such changes are imperceptible to even the best-trained eye.
I knew enough about poisons to be certain that the flask did not contain arsenic or strychnine, but that left a hundred others, from aconitine, which would kill with an imperceptible amount, to — “Ten seconds.” A Monstrous Regiment of Women
This energy is imperceptible, unextended, unfigured, yet it is by no means a mere logical or mental necessity or associative tendency. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge
He had entered a supersensual world, in which he could measure nothing except by chance collisions of movements imperceptible to his senses, perhaps even imperceptible to his instruments, but perceptible to each other, and so to some known ray at the end of the scale. The Dynamo and the Virgin (1900)
Without ascriptions of meaning, formal and analytical knowledge is inert, unactualised, imperceptible.
'' plenum '' occupied by an ether, which, imperceptible to the senses, is capable of transmitting forces on material bodies immersed in it. Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
She heard a faint, almost imperceptible cry.
Past, future, and present, these three times are imperceptible, an ignorance or nescience that is not real, only false.
Digital watermarking technology allows users to embed a digital code in audio, images, video and printed documents that is imperceptible during normal use but readable by computers and software.
English psychologists call an automatist, which is to say, a person who appears at times to lend her organism to beings imperceptible to our senses, in order to enable them to manifest themselves to us. Mrs. Piper & the Society for Psychical Research
Gur would stand in the crowd of courtiers, his head bowed, his face blank; upon an imperceptible sign from Don Reba, he would step forward from the courtiers 'ranks and recite ultrapatriotic poems -- which, however, were greeted with nothing but secretly stifled yawns. Hard to be a god
Space, in Descartes 'view, is a' 'plenum' 'occupied by an ether, which, imperceptible to the senses, is capable of transmitting forces on material bodies immersed in it. Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
She answered with an almost imperceptible nod of the head.
She must have heard of the three attainments and three excellences a thousand times, to judge by the expression—almost imperceptible, except around her nostrils—of scorn. Wildfire
Imperceptible Growth of the word sown in the heart, from its earliest stage of development to the ripest fruits of practical righteousness. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
By appearance it's an almost imperceptible, narrow slot in the pavement that runs alongside a sidewalk from the bottom to the top of a hill.
The slight change in the taste was imperceptible to most people.
She stole a glance at him and he gave her an almost imperceptible nod.
The reefs of the Pacific, the deep-sea soundings of the Atlantic, show that it is to the slow-growing coral and to the imperceptible animalcule, which lives its brief space and then adds its tiny shell to the muddy cairn left by its brethren and ancestors, that we must look as the agents in the formation of limestone and chalk, and not to hypothetical oceans saturated with calcareous salts and suddenly depositing them. Essays
The transition is almost imperceptible.
There was an almost imperceptible shuffle on the stairs.
The impact would be nearly imperceptible at first, but it'd be there, and significant enough to gum things up.
An imperceptible breeze forced the leaves of a regiment of birch trees into anxious quaking.
The slight change in the taste was imperceptible to most people.
Simultaneously, but disconnectedly, each finds himself changed by the funeral, from the moment of the funeral, and changing in ways both dramatic and imperceptible.
Yet the incursions on free speech can be insidious and imperceptible.
My point is that when you look at the data from a country perspective, it appears that there are two modes of economic development: imperceptible improvement (what Clark calls the Malthusian trap); or rapid, accelerating gains in the standard of living. Cowen, Clark, and Malthus, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Now I feel by imperceptible signs, which I cannot yet interpret but will later, that his defiance is about to thaw. Archive 2009-04-01
The Duhemian thesis usually makes its appearance in the context of Duhem's critique of the inductive method (or what he calls the Newtonian method), which rejects any hypothesis about imperceptible bodies and hidden movements and admits only general laws known by induction from observation. Pierre Duhem
He noticed a beginning, almost imperceptible touch of red around her eyes, a stoop to her shoulders that had not been there before.
Marvin gave them a slight imperceptible nod and they grinned darkly.
I could hear the call going along the line, but then at the final moment, instead of ringing, there was a strange, almost imperceptible hiccup.
Spent the rest of the week trying to show people an imperceptible mantid wound. Times, Sunday Times
The slight change in the taste was imperceptible to most people.
The technique is completely non-invasive, having no effect on the airflow or the aerosolisation performance of the inhaler and - if required - could be imperceptible to the user. The Engineer - News
He stared, motionless, and then he saw it: the almost imperceptible movement of an indrawn breath.
an imperceptible drop in temperature
He was aware of an almost imperceptible withdrawing, more emotional than physical, a small delicate gesture of self-containment.
It differed from song as much as the declamation — barely coloured by imperceptible modulations — of Boris Godounov and Pelléas; but on the other hand recalled the psalmody of a priest chanting his office of which these street scenes are but the good-humoured, secular, and yet half liturgical counterpart. The Captive
Though Israel be but a remnant amidst many nations after her restoration, yet she shall exercise the same blessed influence in quickening them spiritually that the small imperceptible dew exercises in refreshing the grass (De 32: 2; Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Sensors for "skin conductivity," says Bulgrin, check for "almost imperceptible amount of perspiration, which you might not feel but the probes can identify. ESPN goes Pavlovian with its in-depth viewer research
Immediately within this a chasm gapes; its bottom is imperceptible, but the counterscarp slopes not too steeply to admit of a sliding descent if cautiously performed. A Changed Man
From time to time she made minute corrections utterly imperceptible to the men aboard, to bring Discovery back onto the precomputed path. Tin
Without museums, the skills of the sculptor and the various dialects of tribes in the country would have been imperceptible now, he said.
In her final departure from the stage, she exits in an almost imperceptible motion that embodies both the blinding and undetectable transition to another space.
The gradient is, to a walker, an imperceptible one in 50.
In one, the seams are sealed so tight that they are imperceptible; the realm is a closed system, without portals or rifts; it has no contact with any other realms; there is no crosshatching between alternative (i.e. temporal) elsewhens or palimpsesting of alterior (i.e. nomological) elsewhens; everything takes place within that realm. Notes on Strange Fiction: Seams
It was subtle, almost imperceptible from where we were sitting, but I noticed it and so did Lori.
The clutter upstairs seemed rearranged in some maddeningly imperceptible way, and it, too, had its own noise, which alternated between a susurration and a high-pitched buzz. The Secret Animal
Some effects are designed to be imperceptible (such as modifying a scene to stop a character's mouth from moving) whereas others are intended to increase synchronism with the audio, or possibly create a unique visual style for the video. The Best of Anime Music Video (AMV) Phenomenon
And along with this --- initially --- almost imperceptible transmutation (Wesley noticed details. BEHINDLINGS
Watch for larger saplings and young trees to noticeably increase in girth and height, but you'll have to look closely to see the nearly imperceptible addition of one or two annual rings on bigger trees.
In addition, fluid flows, airflows, strain forces, and acoustical waves that were previously imperceptible might now be detected.
The line between rock musicians and seven-year-olds is often imperceptible.
As for the winters, though, I find I relish them, and can't imagine living anywhere in which the seasons are so slight as to be imperceptible.
Even the degeneration of a medusoid from a free-swimming animal to a mere brood-sac (gonophore) is not sudden and saltatory, but occurs by imperceptible modifications throughout hundreds of years, as we can learn from the numerous stages of the process of degeneration persisting at the same time in different species. Evolution in Modern Thought
It was as if I was imperceptible; transparent to their views as they flurried past in clots and waves.
His head moved in an almost imperceptible nod.
Fresh meat, she thought dourly with an imperceptible shake of her head. Kissed By Venus
She heard a faint, almost imperceptible cry.
He lived in a world of fine gradations and imperceptible shades.
Since they are often generalists whose popularity extends beyond partisan lines, they can have a subtle, almost imperceptible political influence.
The motions of tempo and pitch are rendered nearly imperceptible in comparison to the transitions between smooth, reverb-laden sheen and razor-sharp shimmers. Daniel J. Kushner: Anti-Cinematic: The Music of Kyle Bobby Dunn
He visibly flinched at the mention of that war but continued after an imperceptible pause.

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