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adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, endowed with, or affecting the sense of touch.
2.
perceptible to the touch; tangible.
Origin:
1605–15; < Latin tāctilis tangible, equivalent to tāct(us) (past participle of tangere to touch) + -ilis -ile
1605–15; < Latin tāctilis tangible, equivalent to tāct(us) (past participle of tangere to touch) + -ilis -ile
Related forms
non·tac·tile, adjective
non·tac·til·i·ty, noun
un·tac·tile, adjective
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Tactile
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Word Origin & History
tactile
1615, "perceptible to touch," from Fr. tactile, from L. tactilis "tangible, that may be touched," from tactus, pp. of tangere "to touch" (see tangent). Meaning "of or pertaining to touch" is attested from 1657.
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Medical Dictionary
tactile tac·tile (tāk'təl, -tīl')
adj.
Perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible.
Used for feeling.
Of, relating to, or proceeding from the sense of touch; tactual.
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tactile  (tāk'təl, tāk'tīl') Pronunciation Key
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