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Tactile   Listen
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Tactile  adj.  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." "Tactile qualities."
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."






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"Tactile" Quotes from Famous Books



... placed blindfolded in a silent place, to the end that thermic stimuli alone may reach him. In front of the child are placed two objects perfectly identical in all characteristics perceptible to the muscular tactile sense: of the same dimensions, the same shape, the same degree of smoothness, the same resistance to pressure; for instance, two india-rubber bags, filled with the same quantity of water, and perfectly dry on the outside. The sole difference is the temperature ...
— Spontaneous Activity in Education • Maria Montessori



Words linked to "Tactile" :   touchable, tactile property, tactual, haptic, tactile agnosia



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