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Webster 1913 Edition

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

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.