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tactile
[ tak-til, -tahyl ]
adjective
- of, pertaining to, endowed with, or affecting the sense of touch.
- perceptible to the touch; tangible.
tactile
/ ˈtæktaɪl; tækˈtɪlɪtɪ /
adjective
- of, relating to, affecting, or having a sense of touch
a tactile organ
tactile stimuli
- rare.capable of being touched; tangible
tactile
- Used for or sensitive to touch.
Derived Forms
- tactility, noun
Other Word Forms
- ٲ·پ··ٲ [tak-, til, -i-tee], noun
- ԴDz·ٲt adjective
- ԴDzt·پi·ٲ noun
- ܲ·ٲt adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of tactile1
Example Sentences
The mind-bending journey feels at once tactile and too fantastical to be real.
The fragility of newsprint appeals to me as a tactile substance.
It makes brilliant use of the tactile intimacy of stop-motion, perhaps the only appropriate style considering this trio’s crippling insecurities.
Research suggests that there are multiple benefits to increasing the diversity of our olfactory environment, which for humans is limited compared to our visual or even auditory or tactile worlds.
The big skirt could have been a flat, dull “black hole” gobbling up half the painting, but Velázquez magically transformed it into tactile velvet with several soft, squiggly yet relaxed marks of light gray paint.
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