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Tactile
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. 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.
Tactile
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. 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.

Meaning of Tactile from wikipedia

- Look up tactile in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tactile may refer to: Tactile, related to the sense of touch Haptics (disambiguation) Tactile (device)...
- A tactile sensor is a device that measures information arising from physical interaction with its environment. Tactile sensors are generally modeled after...
- Tactile corpuscles or Meissner's corpuscles are a type of mechanoreceptor discovered by anatomist Georg Meissner (1829–1905) and Rudolf Wagner. This corpuscle...
- Tactile paving (also called tenji blocks, truncated domes, detectable warnings, tactile tiles, tactile ground surface indicators, tactile walking surface...
- skin called cutaneous receptors. They include mechanoreceptors such as tactile corpuscles that relay information about pressure and vibration; nociceptors...
- A tactile pad is an area of skin that is particularly sensitive to pressure, temperature, or pain. Tactile pads are characterized by high concentrations...
- Tactile signing is a common means of communication used by people with deafblindness. It is based on a sign language or another system of manual communication...
- A tactile transducer or "b**** shaker" is a device which is made on the principle that low b**** frequencies can be felt as well as heard. They can be compared...
- tactile sensors that measure forces exerted by the user on the interface. The word haptic, from the Ancient Gr****: ἁπτικός (haptikos), means "tactile...
- Tactile technology is the integration of multi-sensory triggers within physical objects, allowing "real world" interactions with technology. It is similar...