Search Result for "tactual_sensation":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin;
- Example: "she likes the touch of silk on her skin"
- Example: "the surface had a greasy feeling"
[syn: touch, touch sensation, tactual sensation, tactile sensation, feeling]

2. the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain;
[syn: tactual sensation, tactility, touch perception, skin perceptiveness]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tactual sensation
    n 1: the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin;
         "she likes the touch of silk on her skin"; "the surface had
         a greasy feeling" [syn: touch, touch sensation,
         tactual sensation, tactile sensation, feeling]
    2: the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or
       pain [syn: tactual sensation, tactility, touch
       perception, skin perceptiveness]