tactual
Relating to touch
Tactual means relating to or perceived through the sense of touch.
The word is a formal or technical synonym for tactile, appearing mostly in scientific and academic contexts: tactual perception, tactual discrimination of textures.
Where tactile has become the everyday term, tactual remains confined to specialized writing.
Perceptible to touch or senses
- concreteSolid building mixture
- materialPhysical matter; pertinent
- solidFirm matter state
- substantialOf notable size or importance
corporeal · touchable · graspable · perceptible · manifest · physical · real · detectable
palpable
Perceptible to touch or senses
substantial · corporeal · touchable · graspable · perceptible · manifest · physical · real · detectable · appreciable
touch
Perceiving through physical contact
skin · fingertips · receptors · nerve · somatosensory · pressure · warmth · cold · pain · itch
pressure
Force upon contact
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
- hardnessResistance to penetration
- softnessYielding to gentle pressure
wetness · dryness · heat · cold · sharpness · smoothness · roughness · weight · density · solidity
tactualintangible
Not physically present
impalpable · untouchable · incorporeal · immaterial · insubstantial
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