tactus

American  

[tahk-toos] / ˈtɑk tʊs /

noun

1. the basic metrical unit in medieval music.

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Etymology

Origin of tactus

< Latin tāctus touch; see tact

Example Sentences

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tactus

Under the old rule of tactus, Jesuit seminarians were forbidden even to put an arm on the shoulder of a buddy; now they greet one another with warm abrazos.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sometimes, my boy, the tactus eruditus will succeed when main force fails.”

From The King's Esquires The Jewel of France by Fenn, George Manville

The physician acquires by practice the tactus eruditus, or learned touch, which is often of great service, while the delicacy of touch possessed by the blind almost compensates the loss of the absent sense.

From Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics by Steele, Joel Dorman

“One need have well-educated fingers—what surgeons call the tactus eruditus—to work like this in the dark.”

From Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea by Fenn, George Manville

We should still avail ourselves of every particle of information that can be gained by the trained eye, the educated ear, the expert touch,—the tactus eruditus of the medical classics,—and even the sense of smell.

From Preventable Diseases by Hutchinson, Woods