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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch;
- Example: "haptic data"
- Example: "a tactile reflex"
[syn: haptic, tactile, tactual]

2. producing a sensation of touch;
- Example: "tactile qualities"
- Example: "the tactual luxury of stroking silky human hair"
[syn: tactile, tactual]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tactual \Tac"tu*al\, a. [See Tact.] (Physiol.)
   Of or pertaining to the sense, or the organs, of touch;
   derived from touch.
   [1913 Webster]

         In the lowest organisms we have a kind of tactual sense
         diffused over the entire body.           --Tyndall.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tactual
    adj 1: of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch;
           "haptic data"; "a tactile reflex" [syn: haptic,
           tactile, tactual]
    2: producing a sensation of touch; "tactile qualities"; "the
       tactual luxury of stroking silky human hair" [syn: tactile,
       tactual]