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taction

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tac⋅tion

[tak-shuhn]
–noun
touch; contact.

Origin:
1615–25; < L tāctiōn- (s. of tāctiō) a touching, equiv. to tāct(us) (ptp. of tangere to touch) + -iōn- -ion
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tac·tion   (tāk'shən)   
n.  The act of touching; contact.

[Latin tāctiō, tāctiōn-, from tāctus, past participle of tangere, to touch; see tact.]
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