tactile

[ tak-til, -tahyl ]

/ ˈtæk tɪl, -taɪl /

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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/, nounnon·tac·tile, adjectivenon·tac·til·i·ty, nounun·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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Example sentences from the Web for tactile

Could Peso-trash be a serious threat to the lively and tactile scene down the hill?
The Second Life of San Miguel de Allende|Michele Willens|February 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
These tactile projects make them “feel they can start and finish something,” she said.
Italian Organization Barrique Rehabilitates Wine Casks To Make Furniture And Benefit Rehabilitation Facility|Sarah Begley|May 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Physical books, which can only be seen and handled in physical bookshops, are lovely, tactile things.
How We Lost Bookshops Thanks to Amazon and Publishers|Tim Waterstone|July 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Tactile and open, she makes you feel both important and protective.
The Woman Who Could Bring Down Cameron|Peter Jukes|May 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Taurus is tactile, sensual, lush—adjectives ascribed to this auteur.
Zodiac Beast: May 1-7|Starsky + Cox|April 30, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Tactile obtuseness varies with the class of crime practised by the individual.
Criminal Man|Gina Lombroso-Ferrero
It would be absurd to claim for him sublime creative power, tactile values, mastery over form and movement.
Pintoricchio|Evelyn March Phillipps
This shows that tactile impulses from the skin take a share in generating the guiding sensation.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7|Various
The eyes continued to degenerate and the tactile organs to increase after permanent entrance to underground waters.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, May, 1900|Various
This, as I have pointed out, is not a purely visual character, but a tactile pressure character translated into visual terms.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 (of 6)|Havelock Ellis

British Dictionary definitions for tactile

tactile

/ (ˈtæktaɪl) /

adjective

of, relating to, affecting, or having a sense of toucha 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

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Medical definitions for tactile

tactile

[ tăk′təl, -tīl′ ]

adj.

Perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible.

Used for feeling.

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

Scientific definitions for tactile

tactile

[ tăk′təl, tăk′tīl′ ]

Used for or sensitive to touch.

tactile

adjective

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adjective

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