A Topical Dictionary: Search for tactile

Dictionary Results For "tactile" [?]/[OPML]

Ads By Google

Wiktionary Articles [RSS] - [GNU, www.Wiktionary.org]

English

Etymology

From #French|tactile.

Pronunciation

An audio transcript can be found at en-uk-tactile.ogg

Adjective

tactile

tangible; perceptible to the sense of touch
Used for feeling
Of, or relating to the sense of touch

Related terms

Translations

Portuguese: tátil (1)

----

French

Etymology

From tactilis.

Adjective

tactile

#English|tactile

Derived terms

écran tactile

et:tactile fa:tactile fr:tactile io:tactile pl:tactile ru:tactile fi:tactile ta:tactile vi:tactile zh:tactile

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tactile \Tac"tile\, a. [L. tactilis, fr. tangere, tactum, to
touch: cf. F. tactile.]
Of or pertaining to the organs, or the sense, of touch;
perceiving, or perceptible, by the touch; capable of being
touched; as, tactile corpuscles; tactile sensations. "Tactile
sweets." --Beaumont. "Tactile qualities." --Sir M. Hale.
[1913 Webster]

Tactile sense (Physiol.), the sense of touch, or pressure
sense. See Touch.
[1913 Webster]

The delicacy of the tactile sense varies on
different parts of the skin; it is geatest on the
forehead, temples and back of the forearm. --H. N.
Martin.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet tactile
adj 1: of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch;
"haptic data"; "a tactile reflex" [syn: haptic, tactual]
2: producing a sensation of touch; "tactile qualities"; "the
tactual luxury of stroking silky human hair" [syn: tactual]