tactile hallucination — Also known as tactile phantasma, haptic hallucination, touch hallucination, and hallucination of touch. The term tactile hallucination is indebted to the Latin verb tangere, which means to touch. It refers to a bodily sensation seemingly… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
tactile — UK [ˈtæktaɪl] / US [ˈtækt(ə)l] adjective 1) concerning the sense of touch a tactile sensation 2) a tactile person likes to touch other people a lot, for example when talking to them … English dictionary
tactile — tac|tile [ tæktl ] adjective TECHNICAL concerning the sense of touch: a tactile sensation … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
tactile — adjective connected with your sense of touch: a tactile sensation … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Tactile sound — is the sensation of sound transmitted directly to the human body by contact, rather than by sound waves through the ears. For example, when you stand on a train platform you can feel the train approaching as well as hearing it. Explosions,… … Wikipedia
sensation — [ sɑ̃sasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1370, repris XVIIe; bas lat. sensatio « compréhension » 1 ♦ Phénomène psychophysiologique par lequel une stimulation externe ou interne a un effet modificateur spécifique (⇒ 1. sens, I ) sur l être vivant et conscient; état… … Encyclopédie Universelle
sensation — 1 Sensation, percept, sense datum, sensum, image can denote the experience or process which is the result of the activity of a sense organ and its associated neural structures. Sensation (see also SENSATION 2), the most general of these terms, is … New Dictionary of Synonyms
sensation — noun 1 feeling ADJECTIVE ▪ bodily, physical, tactile ▪ delicious, pleasant, pleasurable, wonderful ▪ painful … Collocations dictionary
tactile polyaesthesia — Also known as palihaptic phenomenon, palinaesthesia, and perseverative somaesthetic sensation. The term tactile polyaesthesia comes from the Latin verb tangere (to touch), and the Greek words polus (much, many), and aisthanesthai (to notice,… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
tactile, tactual, textile — These look alikes are often confused and with good reason, too, because tactile and tactual are close in meaning and use. Tactile and tactual refer to the sense of touch, with tactual being the somewhat more general and more generally used word.… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions