Definition of Tactile sensation

1. Noun. The sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin. "The surface had a greasy feeling"

Exact synonyms: Feeling, Tactual Sensation, Touch, Touch Sensation
Generic synonyms: Perception
Specialized synonyms: Creepiness, Cutaneous Sensation, Haptic Sensation, Skin Sensation
Derivative terms: Feel, Touch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tactile Sensation

tactile
tactile agnosia
tactile anaesthesia
tactile cell
tactile corpuscle
tactile disk
tactile elevations
tactile fremitus
tactile hair
tactile hallucination
tactile hyperesthesia
tactile image
tactile meniscus
tactile organ
tactile property
tactile sensation (current term)
tactile sense
tactilely
tactilities
tactility
taction
tactions
tactism
tactisms
tactless
tactlessly
tactlessness
tactlessnesses
tactometer
tactometers

Literary usage of Tactile sensation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Textbook of Physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"... a tactile sensation we say we perceive that something has touched this or that part of our skin ; the tactile sensation has become a tactile perception. ..."

2. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"... a tactile sensation we say we perceive that something has touched this or that part of our skin ; the tactile sensation has become a tactile perception. ..."

3. A Text book of physiology by Michael Foster (1894)
"... a tactile sensation we say we perceive that something has touched this or that part of our skin ; the tactile sensation has become a tactile perception. ..."

4. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1900)
"... a tactile sensation we say we perceive that something has touched this or that part of our skin; the tactile sensation has become a tactile perception. ..."

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