tactile
Perceived by fingers
Tactile means relating to the sense of touch: tactile sensations, tactile feedback.
A tactile person is inclined to touch things or people.
Tactile learning happens through physical manipulation rather than reading or listening.
The word often appears in product descriptions emphasizing texture or physical interaction: The keyboard has a satisfying tactile response.
Of touch perception
- feedbackReturned response data
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
- forceStrength or compulsion
- controllerDevice directing a system
interface · glove · display · touchscreen · stylus · joystick · rumble · actuator
Uneven surface quality
- smoothnessFreedom from irregularity
- softnessYielding to gentle pressure
- coarsenessRough or vulgar quality
- silkinessSmooth, lustrous texture
velvety · gritty · bumpy · ridged · corrugated · fuzzy · prickly · slippery
Perceptible to touch or senses
- texturedHaving tactile surface quality
- touchableCapable of being felt
- physicalOf body or matter
- materialPhysical matter; pertinent
concrete · substantial · solid · corporeal · perceptible · discernible · felt · handled
Terminal phalanx pad
Proteins binding specific molecules
- neuronsSignal-transmitting brain cells
- nerveSignal-carrying body fiber
- skinBody's outer layer
- fingertipsTerminal phalanx pads
somatosensory · epidermis · dermis · mechanoreceptors · proprioception · sensory · perception · stimulus
haptic
Of touch perception
controller · interface · glove · display · touchscreen · stylus · joystick · rumble · actuator · wearable
roughness
Uneven surface quality
- smoothnessFreedom from irregularity
- softnessYielding to gentle pressure
- coarsenessRough or vulgar quality
silkiness · velvety · gritty · bumpy · ridged · corrugated · fuzzy · prickly · slippery · sticky
palpable
Perceptible to touch or senses
material · concrete · substantial · solid · corporeal · perceptible · discernible · felt · handled · graspable
fingertip
Terminal phalanx pad
graze · brush · press · squeeze · pat · tap · rub · knead · fondle · handle
receptors
Proteins binding specific molecules
fingertips · somatosensory · epidermis · dermis · mechanoreceptors · proprioception · sensory · perception · stimulus · threshold
warmth
Heat you feel
tingle · itch · numbness · dampness · dryness · clamminess · pain · prickling · burning · throbbing
pottery
Fired clay objects
- sculptingShaping material into forms
- weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
- knittingLoop-based textile making
sewing · embroidery · woodworking · carving · molding · felting · macrame · basketry · ceramics · leatherwork
- touchtouch, feel, touching, caress, feeling
- sensessight, smell, hearing, touch, vision
- sensory qualitiessmell, aroma, sound, texture, hardness
- physical propertiessolid, texture, weight, mass, surface
- sensory termshearing, touch, smell, sound, audio
- Hallucinationsvisual hallucinations, auditory hallucinations, visual hallucination, auditory hallucination, seeing things
tactileintangible
Not physically present
impalpable · incorporeal · immaterial · untouchable · insubstantial
tactileabstract
Condensed version of text
theoretical · conceptual · hands-off · virtual · cerebral
- tactile feedbackSensory confirmation through touch
- tactile learningAcquiring knowledge through touch
- tactile sensationPerception through skin contact
- tactile experiencePerception through physical contact