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tactile

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tac⋅tile

  [tak-til, -tahyl]
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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; < L tāctilis tangible, equiv. to tāct(us) (ptp. of tangere to touch) + -ilis -ile

Related forms:
tac⋅til⋅i⋅ty  [tak-til-i-tee] , noun
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tac·tile   (tāk'təl, -tīl')   
adj.  

    1. Perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible.

    2. Characterized by or conveying an illusion of tangibility: "Heaney must thus continue to be a poet rich in tactile language" (Helen Vendler).

  2. Used for feeling: a tactile organ.

  3. Of, relating to, or proceeding from the sense of touch; tactual: a tactile reflex.


[From Latin tāctilis, from tāctus, past participle of tangere, to touch; see tact.]
tac'tile·ly adv., tac·til'i·ty (-tĭl'ĭ-tē) n.
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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

Main Entry: 1tac·tile
Pronunciation: 'tak-t&l, -"tIl
Function: adjective
1 : of, relating to, mediated by, oraffecting the sense of touch <tactile sensations> <tactile stimuli> <tactile anesthesia> <tactile hallucinations of insects crawling over one's skin>
2 : having or being organs or receptors for the sense of touch —tac·tile·ly /-E/ adverb

Main Entry: 2tactile
Function: noun
: a person whose prevailing mental imagery is tactile rather than visual, auditory, or motor —compare AUDILE, MOTILE, VISUALIZER
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Medical Dictionary

tactile tac·tile (tāk'təl, -tīl')
adj.

  1. Perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible.

  2. Used for feeling.

  3. Of, relating to, or proceeding from the sense of touch; tactual.

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Science Dictionary
tactile   (tāk'təl, tāk'tīl')  Pronunciation Key 
Used for or sensitive to touch.
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