Tactility
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tactility is a noun meaning The condition of being tactile (relating to or able to be perceived by the sense of touch).
Meaning
The condition of being tactile (relating to or able to be perceived by the sense of touch).
More Meanings
- The ability to feel pressure or pain through touch.
Example Sentences
1993, Vikram Seth, A Suitable Boy, London: Phoenix, 1994, Part 8, p. 554, Maan loved swimming, not for the exercise but for the luxury, the tactility of it.
Each time they lay down there together, as if she obeyed a voice that came out of the quilt telling her to put the light out, she would extinguish the candle flame between her finger-tips. All around them, the tactility of the dark.
Word Forms
- tactilities
Synonyms for tactility
Depending on context, synonyms include tactuality.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tactuality, touchability, touchableness, tactfulness, hapticity, touchedness.
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