Haptic

Quick meaning: Haptic is an adjective meaning Of or relating to the sense of touch.

Meaning

Of or relating to the sense of touch.

More Meanings

1. (computing) Of or relating to haptics (“the study of user interfaces that use the sense of touch”).

Example Sentences

So there may be sciences of touch, taste, and smell; which will be Haptic, Geustic and Osphrantic.

Although the five basic senses are often studied as individual systems covering visual, auditory, taste, smell, orientation and the haptic sensations, there is an interplay between the senses.

We might think, for example, about tele- (or remote) surgery, a technique that, now more than ever before, is enabling surgeons around the world to operate using haptic interfaces that control robotic systems located at different locations.

[T]he new standard should encompass other media, such as video, audio (both captured and synthetic), and in principle be extensible to new modalities such as haptic output and speech or gestural input, which have become increasingly integrated within graphics applications; […]

Synonyms for haptic

Depending on context, synonyms include tactile, tactual.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tactile, tactual, visuality, tactive, audiotactile, visuotactile.

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