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View synonyms for tactual
tactual
[ tak-choo-uhl ]
adjective
- of or relating to the sense of touch.
- communicating or imparting the sensation of contact; arising from or due to touch.
tactual
/ ˈtæktjʊəl /
adjective
- caused by touch; causing a tactile sensation
- of or relating to the tactile sense or the organs of touch
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Derived Forms
- ˈtactually, adverb
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Other Words From
- tactu·al·ly adverb
- un·tactu·al adjective
- un·tactu·al·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tactual1
C17: from Latin tactus a touching; see tact
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Example Sentences
For many weeks or months, all is confusion in the visual perceptions, as much as in the tactual and muscular.
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He could have lived in no more jubilant confidence of immortality, had he enjoyed the tactual satisfactions of Thomas himself.
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The implicit realism of his eye and ear was fortified by acute tactual and muscular sensibilities.
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It is evident, therefore, that the tactual illusion is influenced rather in a negative direction by visualization.
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My experiments with the tactual illusion have led me to the conclusion that it fluctuates even more than the optical illusion.
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