Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tactual"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Tactual \Tac"tu*al\, a. [See {Tact}.] (Physiol.)
Of or pertaining to the sense, or the organs, of touch;
derived from touch.

In the lowest organisms we have a kind of tactual sense
diffused over the entire body. --Tyndall.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

tactual
adj 1: of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch;
"haptic data"; "a tactile reflex" [syn: {haptic}, {tactile}]
2: producing a sensation of touch; "tactile qualities"; "the
tactual luxury of stroking silky human hair" [syn: {tactile}]


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