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adjective

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

perceptible to the touch; tangible.

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Origin of tactile

1605–15; <Latin tāctilis tangible, equivalent to tāct(us) (past participle of tangere to touch) + -ilis-ile

OTHER WORDS FROM tactile

tac·til·i·ty [tak-til-i-tee], /tækˈtɪl ɪ ti/, noun non·tac·tile, adjective non·tac·til·i·ty, noun un·tac·tile, adjective

Words nearby tactile

tactical voting, tactical wire, tactician, tacticity, tactics, tactile, tactile anesthesia, tactile corpuscle, tactile disk, tactile fremitus, tactile hair

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How to use tactile in a sentence

  • The resources are there if we want to learn that stuff but primarily when I was there it was more very tactile SEM.

  • That's part of the reason why history is built on preserving enduring visual and tactile artifacts, such as paintings, writings, architectural sites, or simply stones and bones.

  • Remember that every ingredient you use will register some sort of effect on the trigeminal nerve, whether it is a tactile sensation, temperature-related, astringency, fattiness, pungency, numbness, a cooling sensation or the mild burn of alcohol.

  • It was a wild ride, but as a book it was inevitably more static and less tactile than other approaches.

  • The researchers then did the same experiments, using tactile input only, with 15 subjects who had been blind since birth.

  • Could Peso-trash be a serious threat to the lively and tactile scene down the hill?

  • These tactile projects make them "feel they can start and finish something," she said.

  • Physical bookshops are lovely tactile, friendly, expert, welcoming places.

  • Physical books, which can only be seen and handled in physical bookshops, are lovely, tactile things.

  • Tactile and open, she makes you feel both important and protective.

  • Special nerve endings, called the tactile corpuscles, are found there, each inclosed in a sheath or capsule of connective tissue.

  • The constant wash of animal reactions was missing, as was the vague tactile awareness of his PK.

  • And this time it was accompanied by what I can only describe as a vivid tactile hallucination.

  • Their eyes, too, are less perfectly developed, and the tactile proboscis of their free-moving relatives is absent.

  • It certainly possesses very elaborate tactile organs about the head.

British Dictionary definitions for tactile


adjective

of, relating to, affecting, or having a sense of touch a tactile organ; tactile stimuli

rare capable of being touched; tangible

Derived forms of tactile

tactility (tækˈtɪlɪtɪ), noun

Word Origin for tactile

C17: from Latin tactilis, from tangere to touch

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

Medical definitions for tactile


adj.

Perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible.

Used for feeling.

Of, relating to, or proceeding from the sense of touch; tactual.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Scientific definitions for tactile


Used for or sensitive to touch.

The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Examples of Tactile Used in a Sentence

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