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hap⋅tics

[hap-tiks]

–noun (used with a singular verb

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the branch of psychology that investigates cutaneous sense data.

Origin:
1890–95; haptic < Gk haptikós able to grasp or perceive, equiv. to háp(tein) to grasp, sense, perceive + -tikos -tic; see -ics

Related forms:

haptic, hap⋅ti⋅cal, adjective

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