fingerpad
Touch sensor surface
The fingerpad is the fleshy underside of a fingertip, where fingerprints form and touch sensitivity concentrates.
It's the part that presses keys, feels textures, and leaves prints: She tested the water temperature with her fingerpad.
Also called a finger pad.
Of the touching sense
- sensationPerceived stimulus or phenomenon
- feelingSensed inner state
- textureSurface tactile quality
- pressureForce upon contact
contact · friction · grip · sensitivity · receptors · gentle · delicate · soft
tactile
Of the touching sense
pressure · contact · friction · grip · sensitivity · receptors · gentle · delicate · soft · firm
epidermis
Outermost tissue layer
- dermisLiving tissue under epidermis
- ridgesNarrow elevated formations
- whorlsSpiral arrangements around center
papillary · glabrous · sweat glands · keratin · phalanges · nailbed · cuticle · palmar · capillary · nerve endings
tap
Valve controlling liquid flow
touchscreen · smartphone · keyboard · biometric · scanner · sensor · gesture · pinch · press · hold
fingerpadfingernail
Keratinous digit cover
nail · nail bed · nail plate · cuticle · knuckle
- fingerprint analysisIdentifying people by digit patterns
- fingerprint scanIdentity verification via fingertip
- fingerprint scannerDevice reading digit patterns
- fingerprint readerRidge pattern recognition device
- fingerprint sensorDevice reading ridge patterns
- fingerprint recognitionIdentity verification via digit patterns