tactile : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tactile	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for tactile
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tactile adj of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch; "haptic data"; "a tactile reflex" Synonym(s): haptic, tactile, tactual producing a sensation of touch; "tactile qualities"; "the tactual luxury of stroking silky human hair" Synonym(s): tactile, tactual
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tactile \Tac"tile\, a. [L. tactilis, fr. tangere, tactum, to touch: cf. F. tactile.] 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. [bd]Tactile sweets.[b8] --Beaumont. [bd]Tactile qualities.[b8] --Sir M. Hale. {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. --H. N. Martin.