tactile sense
41sense or senses — The faculties through which the body perceives, receives and feels stimuli from outside, as the faculties of sight, hearing, smell, touch, taste, and balance. Or, a feeling, sensation, or perception. A meaning conveyed; signification. It may… …
42tactile — Of or relating to the sense of touch. Also see haptic and texture …
43tactile — adjective 1》 relating to the sense of touch. ↘perceptible or designed to be perceived by touch. 2》 given to touching others in a friendly or sympathetic way. Derivatives tactility noun Origin C17: from L. tactilis, from tangere to touch …
44tactile — adj. relating to or affecting the sense of touch …
45tactile — tac•tile [[t]ˈtæk tɪl, taɪl[/t]] adj. 1) pertaining to or affecting the sense of touch 2) perceptible to the touch; tangible • Etymology: 1605–15; < L tāctilis tangible =ta(n)g(ere) to touch + tilis tile tac•til′i•ty ˈtɪl ɪ ti n …
46tactile corpuscle — tac′tile cor′puscle n. hic (lab cbl)psl an oval sense organ made of flattened cells and encapsulated nerve endings, occurring in hairless skin, as the tips of the fingers, and functioning as a touch receptor • Etymology: 1870–75 …
47tactile — adj. of or pertaining to a knob, lever or other device to open a door, which conveys a special sense of touch; typically used as a warning to the visually impaired of danger on the other side of the door …
48sense organ — /ˈsɛns ɔgən/ (say sens awguhn) noun a specialised structure which receives impressions, such as one of the tastebuds or tactile corpuscles …
49tactile — adj. 1 of or connected with the sense of touch. 2 perceived by touch. 3 tangible. 4 Art (in painting) producing or concerning the effect of three dimensional solidity. Derivatives: tactual adj. (in senses 1, 2). tactility n. Etymology: L tactilis …
50Common sense — Sense Sense, n. [L. sensus, from sentire, sensum, to perceive, to feel, from the same root as E. send; cf. OHG. sin sense, mind, sinnan to go, to journey, G. sinnen to meditate, to think: cf. F. sens. For the change of meaning cf. {See}, v. t.… …
