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Webster 1913 Edition


Tactile

Tac′tile

,
Adj.
[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.
Tactile
sense
(Physiol.)
, the sense of touch, or pressure sense. See
Touch
.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tactile

TAC'TILE


Definition 2024


tactile

tactile

English

Adjective

tactile (comparative more tactile, superlative most tactile)

  1. Tangible; perceptible to the sense of touch.
  2. Used for feeling.
  3. Of or relating to the sense of touch.
    • H. N. Martin
      The delicacy of the tactile sense varies on different parts of the skin; it is greatest on the forehead, temples and back of the forearm.

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Etymology

From Latin tactilis.

Adjective

tactile m, f (plural tactiles)

  1. tactile

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Latin

Adjective

tactile

  1. nominative neuter singular of tactilis
  2. accusative neuter singular of tactilis
  3. vocative neuter singular of tactilis