tactile

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   producing a sensation of touch

   tactile qualities

2. 2
   adj

   Tangible; perceptible to the sense of touch.

   tactile method of reading

3. 3
   adj

   Of or relating to the sense of touch.

   The delicacy of the tactile sense varies on different parts of the skin; it is greatest on the forehead, temples and back of the forearm.

4. 4
   adj

   of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch

5. 5
   adj

   Used for feeling.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French tactile, from Latin tactilis (“that may be touched, tangible”), from tangere (“to touch”).