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tactile
[ tak-til, -tahyl ]
adjective
- of, pertaining to, endowed with, or affecting the sense of touch.
- perceptible to the touch; tangible.
tactile
/ ˈtæktaɪl; tækˈtɪlɪtɪ /
adjective
- of, relating to, affecting, or having a sense of touch
a tactile organ
tactile stimuli
- rare.capable of being touched; tangible
tactile
/ tăk′təl,tăk′tīl′ /
- Used for or sensitive to touch.
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Derived Forms
- tactility, noun
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Other Words From
- tac·til·i·ty [tak-, til, -i-tee], noun
- non·tactile adjective
- nontac·tili·ty noun
- un·tactile adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tactile1
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Example Sentences
Could Peso-trash be a serious threat to the lively and tactile scene down the hill?
These tactile projects make them “feel they can start and finish something,” she said.
Physical bookshops are lovely tactile, friendly, expert, welcoming places.
Physical books, which can only be seen and handled in physical bookshops, are lovely, tactile things.
Tactile and open, she makes you feel both important and protective.
Special nerve endings, called the tactile corpuscles, are found there, each inclosed in a sheath or capsule of connective tissue.
The constant wash of animal reactions was missing, as was the vague tactile awareness of his PK.
And this time it was accompanied by what I can only describe as a vivid tactile hallucination.
Their eyes, too, are less perfectly developed, and the tactile proboscis of their free-moving relatives is absent.
It certainly possesses very elaborate tactile organs about the head.
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