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tactile

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tac·tile  (tktl, -tl)
adj.
1.
a. Perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible.
b. 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 tctilis, from tctus, past participle of tangere, to touch; see tact.]

tactile·ly adv.
tac·tili·ty (-tl-t) n.

tactile [ˈtæktaɪl]
adj
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) of, relating to, affecting, or having a sense of touch a tactile organ tactile stimuli
2. Now rare capable of being touched; tangible
[from Latin tactilis, from tangere to touch]
tactility  [tækˈtɪlɪtɪ] n

tac•tile (ˈtæk tɪl, -taɪl)

adj.
1. pertaining to or affecting the sense of touch.
2. perceptible to the touch; tangible.
[1605–15; < Latin tāctilis tangible =ta(n)g(ere) to touch + -tilis -tile]
tac•til′i•ty (-ˈtɪl ɪ ti) n.

tactile  (tktl, tktl)
Used for or sensitive to touch.
Thesaurus Legend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.tactile - of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch; "haptic data"; "a tactile reflex"
2.tactile - producing a sensation of touch; "tactile qualities"; "the tactual luxury of stroking silky human hair"
tangible, touchable - perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch; "skin with a tangible roughness"
Translations
tactile [ˈtæktaɪl] ADJtáctil
tactile [ˈtæktaɪl] adj [experience, sensation] → tactile
tactile
adj
Tast-, taktil (spec); (= tangible)greifbar, fühlbar; (form: = gained by touching) stimulation, experiencedurch Berührung erfolgend; tactile senseTastsinn m; tactile organTastorgan nt; she is a very tactile personsie ist ein Mensch, der gern Körperkontakt hat; a more tactile societyeine Gesellschaft, in der Körperkontakte eine größere Rolle spielen
(= interesting to touch) a tactile fabricangenehm anzufühlende Stoffe
tactile [ˈtæktaɪl] adjtattile
tac·tile
a.  táctil, palpable; rel. al sentido del tacto;  ___ discrimination → discriminación ___;  ___ image → imagen ___;  ___ papilla → papilla ___;  ___ system → sistema ___.


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Over such trivialities as these many a valuable hour may slip away, and the traveller who has gone to Italy to study the tactile values of Giotto, or the corruption of the Papacy, may return remembering nothing but the blue sky and the men and women who live under it.
The hands were always malformed; and though some surprised me by their unexpected human appearance, almost all were deficient in the number of the digits, clumsy about the finger-nails, and lacking any tactile sensibility.
The greater part of the structure was the brain, sending enormous nerves to the eyes, ear, and tactile tentacles.
 
 
 
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