tac·tion

(tăk′shən)

The act of touching; contact.

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

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taction

(ˈtækʃən)

obsolete the act of touching; contact

[C17: from Latin tactiō a touching, from tangere to touch]

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tact, taction - Tact first referred to the sense of touch, from Latin tactus, "touch, sense of touch"; taction is the action of touching.

See also related terms for touching.

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The superstition that maladies can be cured by royal taction is dead, but like many a departed conviction it has left a monument of custom to keep its memory green.

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It seems the minds of these people are so taken up with intense speculations, that they neither can speak, nor attend to the discourses of others, without being roused by some external taction upon the organs of speech and hearing; for which reason, those persons who are able to afford it always keep a flapper

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The tough-talking taction also talked about the hurdles he's bracing for, and the possible composition the lineup.

WATCH: Guiao to bare World Cup qualifiers lineup Monday

Souvenirs incitant a Taction, La Revue de Prome'the.

La emigracion kazaja y el significado historico de los recuerdos de Mustafa Shokay

All of taction - coupled with literally half a dozen huge album releases in the month of May (including new records from Snow Patrol and Ash) mean that it's very much our time to shine.

PLENTY TO EXPLORE AT THE FRINGE; The Beautiful North

Elle ajoute une nouvelle dimension a Taction exterieure de l'Union europeenne en Moldavie.

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA: BETWEEN EUROPEANIZATION AND POLITICIZATION/LA COOPERATION POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT EN REPUBLIQUE DE MOLDAVIE: ENTRE EUROPEANISATION ET POLITISATION

Le TAM (voir Davis) represente une variante de la theorie de Taction raisonnee, qui s'applique specifiquement au comportement d'adoption des technologies de l'information.

Les traducteurs et les technologies: Un mode de reflection dans l'action

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