tactual

[ tak-choo-uhl ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the sense of touch.
2. communicating or imparting the sensation of contact; arising from or due to touch.

tactual

/ ˈtæktjʊəl /

adjective

1. caused by touch; causing a tactile sensation
2. of or relating to the tactile sense or the organs of touch

Derived Forms

• ˈtactually, adverb

Other Words From

• tactu·al·ly adverb
• un·tactu·al adjective
• un·tactu·al·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of tactual¹

1635–45; < Latin tāctu ( s ) touch ( tact ) + -al ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of tactual¹

C17: from Latin tactus a touching; see tact

Example Sentences

“I hear the new one at the Alhambra is first-rate. There’s a love scene on a bearskin rug; they say it’s marvellous. Every hair of the bear reproduced. The most amazing tactual effects.”

From Literature

The visual sense had here been rapidly replaced by the tactual and auditive senses.

From Project Gutenberg

Did the beard really exist, or was it only a case of tactual and visual sensations?

From Project Gutenberg

He pointed out that, as above noted, in the lowest organisms sensation is a general thing diffused throughout the body, a kind of general tactual sense.

From Project Gutenberg

In connexion with extension elaborate psycho-physical experiments have been devised,.e.g. with the object of comparing the accuracy of tactual and visual perception and discovering what are the least differences which each can observe.

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