sense of touch

Noun

Meaning

the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

touch tactility cutaneous senses skin senses touch modality

Hypernyms

exteroception somatosense

Examples

The mosaic form of the TV image demands participation and involvement in depth, of the whole being, as does the sense of touch. Marshall McLuhan

One of the many misconceptions about the blind is that they have greater hearing, sense of smell and sense of touch than sighted people. This is not strictly true. Their blindness simply forces them to recognize gifts they always had but had heretofore largely ignored. Rosemary Mahoney

only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us Source: Internet

Al-Masudi is contemporary with Al-Tawhidi (922-1023) recounting the Buddhist story of the blind men describing an elephant according to their sense of touch. Source: Internet

In order to retain a better sense of touch for the astronauts, the fingertips of the gloves were made of silicone. Source: Internet

Vibrotactile aids mechanical instruments that help individuals who are deaf to detect and interpret sound through the sense of touch. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sense of smell sense of taste sense of the meeting sense of worth sense organ sense organs