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tactile

[tak-til, -tahyl]

adjective

  1. of, pertaining to, endowed with, or affecting the sense of touch.

  2. perceptible to the touch; tangible.



tactile

/ ˈtæktaɪl, tækˈtɪlɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, affecting, or having a sense of touch

    a tactile organ

    tactile stimuli

  2. rarecapable of being touched; tangible

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

tactile

  1. Used for or sensitive to touch.

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • tactility noun
  • nontactile adjective
  • nontactility noun
  • untactile adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tactile1

1605–15; < Latin 峦پ tangible, equivalent to ( us ) (past participle of tangere to touch) + -ilis -ile
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tactile1

C17: from Latin tactilis, from tangere to touch
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“Taking photos is about reacting to the world and framing it, while developing them is a slow and tactile process,” she says.

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The mind-bending journey feels at once tactile and too fantastical to be real.

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The fragility of newsprint appeals to me as a tactile substance.

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It makes brilliant use of the tactile intimacy of stop-motion, perhaps the only appropriate style considering this trio’s crippling insecurities.

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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.

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