2. Noun. (computing) The study of user interfaces that use the sense of touch. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Haptics
1. the science of studying data obtained through touch [n HAPTICS]
Medical Definition of Haptics
1. The science concerned with the tactile sense. Origin: G. Hapto, to grasp, touch (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Haptics
Literary usage of Haptics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Defense Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis: Meeting the Challenge by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"It includes the following: • Computer graphics, sound, and haptics, ... haptics is
also key to the future of games. If we believe that the R&D work we are ..."
2. Code of Federal Regulations: Title 21: Food and Drugs by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"... and (vi) Not to exceed 0.10 percent by weight of the haptic material for
coloring polymethylmethacrylate support haptics of intraocular lenses. ..."
3. The American Journal of Psychology by Edward Bradford ( Titchener, Granville Stanley Hall (1911)
"... through the door into the Audition Room from the haptics Room)1, ie, blue
visual image (upper left part of skirt)4 and very vague, featureless image, ..."
4. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1911)
"... through the door into the Audition Room from the haptics Room)', ie, blue
visual image (upper left part of skirt)4 and very vague, featureless image, ..."
5. Adolescence: Its Psychology and Its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology by Granville Stanley Hall (1904)
"... is because the latter rested upon touch, and the development of the higher
senses has thus removed us many degrees from reality. haptics is thus a ..."
6. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"... investigation (' haptics ' being taken in the widest sense, as noted above)
are the following :— Special arrangements, involving the use of interference ..."
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