taction

[ tak-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. touch; contact.

Origin of taction

1
1615–25; <Latin tāctiōn- (stem of tāctiō) a touching, equivalent to tāct(us) (past participle of tangere to touch) + -iōn--ion

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British Dictionary definitions for taction

taction

/ (ˈtækʃən) /


noun
  1. obsolete the act of touching; contact

Origin of taction

1
C17: from Latin tactiō a touching, from tangere to touch

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