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tactual
[ tak-choo-uhl ]
adjective
- of or relating to the sense of touch.
- communicating or imparting the sensation of contact; arising from or due to touch.
tactual
/ ˈtæktjʊəl /
adjective
- caused by touch; causing a tactile sensation
- of or relating to the tactile sense or the organs of touch
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Derived Forms
- ˈtactually, adverb
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Other Words From
- tactu·al·ly adverb
- un·tactu·al adjective
- un·tactu·al·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tactual1
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Example Sentences
For many weeks or months, all is confusion in the visual perceptions, as much as in the tactual and muscular.
He could have lived in no more jubilant confidence of immortality, had he enjoyed the tactual satisfactions of Thomas himself.
The implicit realism of his eye and ear was fortified by acute tactual and muscular sensibilities.
It is evident, therefore, that the tactual illusion is influenced rather in a negative direction by visualization.
My experiments with the tactual illusion have led me to the conclusion that it fluctuates even more than the optical illusion.
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