How To Use Tactile In A Sentence

An instrument used to measure tactile sensitivity.
Off to the Charity Ball is a firm favourite, with its livid pastels against bright white, the skulking figures throwing dark, tactile shadows onto the projecting shelf below.
Christian's works are secretive yet allusive, related yet solitary and, above all, tactile and handmade.
The paintings have been created using tactile road-surface materials such as sand, grit, gravel and liquid tar.
I first become fully aware of my own tactile sense.

People were more tactile. The Sun
Blind or tactile techniques using the stylet to facilitate tracheal intubation have been previously described.
I am familiar with a few English words employing Latin tact-in the sense of ` touch '-- tactile, taction, tactual-but the statement is completely wrong for English, in which tact means something entirely different from ` touch.' VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIII No 3
I love the mix of old and new furnishings, the sense of history in flagstoned kitchen and ancient Aga, the jumble of meadow mixed plants in gardens, the tactile wools and silks and cottons, the worn wooden floors.
There's something uniquely tactile about the way penned ink appears on a page. Times, Sunday Times
The attribute that most distinguishes Lexus 'navigation controller from other devices in other luxury models is its "haptic" - feedback technology, which provides a tactile response to the hand. Autoblog
Tweed is timeless, tactile and tough.
Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania or cluster headache attacks are never evoked by tactile stimuli.
He's gregarious and tactile, always ready with a cuddle and a chuckle.
These two shows, a few months apart, displayed the tactile and abstract effects she wrings from such small-scale marks.
A more immediately evident reference to the goat-being sequence is in Joyce's use of ‘hither and thither’ to indicate a murmurous, tactile speech-act.
As you see, you can create a lot of visual (not to mention tactile) interest by simply choosing your filler material wisely.
This suggests information from the visual system can override attention to tactile sensation (or lack thereof) from the hands, to create an apparently impossible sensation.
Parole in Libertà Futuriste Olfattive Tattili Termiche Words in Futurist, Olfactory, Tactile, Thermal Freedom is made from tin and consists of 27 lithographed pages filled with words, poetic phrases and brightly coloured graphic images. February 2009
Some pairs are cut to expose the tips of the toes, to give increased tactile sensation during, say, the tree pose and the triangle.
The children are very tactile with warm, loving natures.
As a measure for exploration, we assessed latencies between introduction of the objects and first tactile contact, the number of objects touched, and the duration of tactile exploration.
Taste is detected by the chemosensory organs that are found in an animal's gustatory or tactile receptor systems.
To give the learner visual, tactile and aural stimuli, which increase the learning experience.
This blend of practicality and visual/tactile appeal remains the hallmark of the ever-expanding line of Pearce Grip products.
All 10 bedrooms feel indulgent: think tactile fabrics and eyecatching art. Times, Sunday Times
I remembered reading that what many older people miss most as they grow older is tactile contact; people stop touching them. Christianity Today
Haptics are tactile sensations that convey information.
The red colored indicator provides an instant visible and tactile indicator that there is a round chambered.
Elderly people are now sometimes given pets in recognition of this need for tactile experience. Alternative Health Care for Children
Please help us celebrate the grace of timber frames, the tactile shapeliness of hand-hewn logs, and the serene experience of soft beams of light filtering through the high ceiling of a gambrel loft.
All that was palpable, tactile, realizable, was a distant mirage of dead spirit.
He uses the computer as an instrument of translation, rather than a generative device, to create his compellingly tactile architecture.
Facade material's tactile sensation and physical design of large window harmoniously reflect with each other, lit resident's life fervor and bring noble life taste.
Industry experts said a new generation of music fans has revived old technology in a search for a more lasting, tactile experience. Times, Sunday Times
It is clad in tactile, warm plastic and is smooth enough to roll through your fingers like a worry stone. Times, Sunday Times
But more importantly, you give yourself time with the tactile and real.
A subtle palette of brown and white accented with deep blue is the common thread that runs throughout the house - in dark wood furniture and tactile fabrics, such as mohair, linen, tattersall, and challis.
Print media is tactile, has more of a sense of permanence, and is distributable without dependence on technology or a connected society.
Usually I hate tactile people but it worked this time.
These unmyelinated, specialized nerve fibers, called C-tactile fibers, each cover about one square centimeter of skin. Suzie Heumann: Pleasure Fibers & Touch: Pleasuring Me Pleasures You
Jan combines glaze painted tiles with glass and mixed media mosaic, exploring their resonant colours and tactile qualities.
This tactile, sensual experience was made more poignant by the knowledge that these substances were pure, unalloyed, irreducible.
Blackwell staff are also keen to encourage visually impaired visitors to discover many of the tactile features of Blackwell's home grown Arts and Crafts design - such as the carved oak panelling of rowan berries in the main hall.
Here, a moment of a nonsticky tactile sensation – the conceptually implied object being signified by the conceptual cognition of feeling a commonsense orange held in our hand – is followed by a moment of a sticky tactile sensation. The Appearance and Cognition of Nonexistent Phenomena: Non-Gelug Presentation
The Leopard is a picture of Fordian landscapes made grimily tactile through the sweat and dust coating the actors' tanned visages and finely tailored costumes.
At the medullary level, the medial lemniscus (which contains the 2nd neuron axons in the pathway for proprioceptive and tactile sensations) is found dorsal to the pyramidal tract and medial to the olivary nucleus.
We are all the subjects of a constantly changing stream of sensory experience - visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory - that puts us in touch with objects and events in our environment.
People were more tactile. The Sun
Their phylacteries and fringes were given as tactile reminders of who they are-covenant children of the uniquely sovereign God.
The brainchild of Michael Graf at BMW and Michael Strolz's team at the Technical University of Munich, the "haptic" - technology that gives tactile feedback - doors could cut both road injuries and repair bills, they say. New Scientist - Online News
And while John was passionate about the process of handloom and handcraft, moved and inspired by the tactile symbolism of khadi; William's mantra seems to be giving the customer what they want'--in the most efficient, accessible and eco-friendly way. Fabindia Ups The Ante By Tripling Its Retail Outlets
The tactile sensation of digging into matter with one's fingers, discovering its substance beneath form and color gives one the illusion of touching the very essence of matter.
And since people are still unaccustomed to the feel of the new paper, they won't notice if your fakes aren't a perfect tactile match.
The use of fur and the tactile, kinetic quality of the stuffed animal make them sexualized fetishes in addition to their being commodities.
Fans love the idea of imbuing a device with a visual and tactile importance. New Scientist - Online News
Above ground, the treatment of robust metal castings, stainless-steel plate and floor finishes is more refined, to achieve a visible tactile quality in areas of immediate public contact.
The pad of the trigger finger should be able to feel the holster material pass beneath it - one more tactile index of safety, as the gun, slides into its receptacle.
‘I enjoy the medium of etching for its tactile qualities, its chiaroscuro possibilities and the surprises of the process,’ she said.
Then he should feel confident about becoming more tactile with you. The Sun
Plus, she thinks that I'm flaunting whatever relationship I have with him in front of her, and basically has a real qualm about us being tactile.
In completely blacked-out underwater conditions, two divers conducted a tactile search to locate a sunken Iraqi minelayer with her deadly load.
Mental function is altered so that perception of all sensory input - visual, auditory, tactile or olfactory - is distorted.
Her designs are simple and tactile - even diamonds are left uncut.
I've experimented with a broad range of media, including watercolor, silverpoint, etching, silkscreen and others, but oils have a richness and tactile feel I really love.
He would intervene when he saw overcrowded taxis, or people being too tactile. Times, Sunday Times
tactile qualities
She is by her own admission a tactile person.
For the education of the senses in general, such as in the tactile, thermic, baric, and stereognostic exercises, we blindfold the child. The Montessori Method
Prey were captured in water using jaw prehension, triggered by visual or tactile information.
Other, virtual reality-type simulators combine video or computer images with tactile feedback.
Sensual and macabre, the drawings celebrate the luminous and tactile quality of fur while provoking acknowledgement of the animal absence in these forms.
It requires oxygen food, light food, physical "tactile" food, hydrating water food and solid alimentary food, all as sources of nourishment. Vaishali: Consciousness: What You Don't Know Might Kill You
Further plot devices confirmed that this tactile man did indeed have second sight or, as we doctors say, temporal lobe problems. Times, Sunday Times
Sometimes the application of grip or a bandage in the initial stages can give the tactile stimulus necessary to assist with joint position sense in the short term.
The lack of tactile sensation in virtual environment misses an important source of information to be delivered to the users.
Mr. Gabriel Sanchez—his first name that of God’s messenger, his last a name older than America itself—won’t look at her, keeps his eyes on his cap, turning it in his hands as if feeling along the rim for some essential tactile detail. Healer
A subtle palette of brown and white accented with deep blue is the common thread that runs throughout the house - in dark wood furniture and tactile fabrics, such as mohair, linen, tattersall, and challis.
Babies who sleep with their parents receive much more tactile stimulation than babies who sleep in a cot.
Other potential symptoms include acusis, synesthesia, tactile paresthesias, illusions, distortions of body image, derealization, depersonalizations, and mood disturbances.
And since people are still unaccustomed to the feel of the new paper, they won't notice if your fakes aren't a perfect tactile match.
Handle may be defined as a subjective tactile evaluation of the textile quality.
The Razer Onza Professional Gaming Controller for Xbox 360 is created to improve the players Xbox 360 gaming experience with a series of special features, including Razer Hyperesponse buttons, designed to give faster actuation and a crisp, tactile feel. Gaming - Fareastgizmos.com
I hug my more tactile friends in greeting and farewell, and hug some of my other friends if I'm a little drunk.
There is yet another orificial frontier region which is a highly important tactile sexual focus: the nipple. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man
Imagery should involve as many of the five senses - auditory, olfactory, tactile, gustatory and kinesthetic - as possible.
Tactile elements, such as luxurious carpeting and quality furnishings, are a bonus.
But the museum is wonderfully tactile, and the lush use of video, music and lighting makes this an utterly sensuous experience. Times, Sunday Times
The keyboard surround is also black, but more importantly, it's finished in a tactile, rubberised coating which feels just great when you rest your wrists on it.
All 10 bedrooms feel indulgent: think tactile fabrics and eyecatching art. Times, Sunday Times
Stereo-imaging technology and tactile-feedback manipulators let prospective parents "feel" enwombed foetuses. Boing Boing: May 12, 2002 - May 18, 2002 Archives
People here are incredibly tactile and try to touch you a lot.
This creativity is our great joy, and during off hours we often enjoy tactile hobbies such as jewelry making, furniture making, fly tying, sewing, ceramics, etc. A PRIMER ON UNLEARNING CLASSISM
Her work requires vast material accumulations that are vividly tactile and spatial.
Does any fabric match silk for strength, durability and flexibility together with visual and tactile appeal? Times, Sunday Times
I'm a very tactile person. Times, Sunday Times
Sheepskin - like soft texture, we enjoy the infinite charm from tactile senses.
Then he should feel confident about becoming more tactile with you. The Sun
In order to minimize interconnecting wire, tactile sensing array is made up of a sheet of piezoresistive rubber and common column and row stripe electrodes.
White noise was also presented over whole-ear headphones to mask completely any sounds made by the tactile stimuli.
Aesthetically, the XO is simple yet kid-friendly, engaging, tactile, and even anthropomorphic. OLPC Launches Buy One/Donate One Initiative! | Inhabitat
In dreams, we can experience sights, sounds, and tactile sensations, in the real absence of the objects of sensation.
There is no ‘tactile sense’, but the benefit is that there is no instrument to obscure the surgeon's view or cause mechanical trauma to the stapes.
Imagery should involve as many of the five senses - auditory, olfactory, tactile, gustatory and kinesthetic - as possible.
Brooks's song fulfills the call of critics like Neil Nehring, who states that ‘emotion… supplies a missing link… between tactile vocality and meaning’.
They are tactile, beautiful, connect us with the geology of our earth and their presence gives a garden a sense of permanence and weight. Times, Sunday Times
But the museum is wonderfully tactile, and the lush use of video, music and lighting makes this an utterly sensuous experience. Times, Sunday Times
This paper brings forward a newly tactile sensing technology applying piezoelectricity of quartz crystal.
While online viewing doesn't allow you to examine the tactile nature of the prints, it presents a good opportunity to view a wide variety of work in a short period of time.
The card is inserted into and ejected out of the connector body by a reliable, tactile push action.
Video cameras work out how close a person comes to it and sensors judge how tactile they are. Computing
Adult salamanders that feed in water possess both ampullary organs and neuromasts, and probably use both to direct their feeding strikes, in addition to visual, olfactory, and tactile cues.
It has a tactile quality and when I show my work, people always want to touch it. Times, Sunday Times
I remembered reading that what many older people miss most as they grow older is tactile contact; people stop touching them. Christianity Today
The shared roll-tilt dependent modulation of trial-to-trial variability for both SVV and SHV, on the other hand, indicates that the perception of earth-verticality is dominated by the same sensory signal, i.e. the otolith signal, independent of whether the line/rod setting is under visual or tactile control. BioMed Central - Latest articles
Named the "haptic" - the technology provides tactile feedback to the users, and can thus help reduce both road injuries and repair bills Invented by Michael Graf at BMW and Michael Strolz's team at the Technical University of Munich, the current prototype looks like a normal car door. Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7
In addition to allowing self-direction, these activities emphasized visual, tactile, and auditory materials.
The children in Asperger's study displayed a range of hyposensitivities and hypersensitivities to taste, tactile, and auditory stimuli.
Industry experts said a new generation of music fans has revived old technology in a search for a more lasting, tactile experience. Times, Sunday Times
But there were some foods better enjoyed with full tactile and olfactory senses open.
They are tactile, beautiful, connect us with the geology of our earth and their presence gives a garden a sense of permanence and weight. Times, Sunday Times
Samsung Instinct, exclusively available from Sprint, has a high-tech look with a large, vibrant touch screen featuring localized tactile feedback, called haptics, which allow the virtual QWERTY keypad and other operations to become a sensory experience. MobileTechNews
He would intervene when he saw overcrowded taxis, or people being too tactile. Times, Sunday Times
Apes are particularly adept at tactile communications; that is use of touch.
There's something uniquely tactile about the way penned ink appears on a page. Times, Sunday Times
The third learning style is called kinesthetic, or tactile, learners. Learn Me Good
In point of fact, their tactile umwelt is almost certainly different than ours. INSIDE OF A DOG
Does any fabric match silk for strength, durability and flexibility together with visual and tactile appeal? Times, Sunday Times
The neuroanatomical studies indicate that NO-cGMP signaling is involved in modalities as diverse as vision, olfaction, taste, hearing, and tactile exteroception.
The rims share technology with the more expensive models in the range, including uni-directional carbon fibre construction, boosted stopping performance (thanks to the tactile 'scrim' layer on the brake track) and hidden nipples, which improve aerodynamics. BikeBiz
My mother was much jollier, a more tactile woman.
But there is also a serious side to it, where you want to get more of that immersive tactile experience. Times, Sunday Times
My grandfather was not a tactile man and this created patterns of behaviour which impacted on us.
As an adult, the still-lonely Amélie struggles to connect with anyone and takes pleasure in such simple, tactile things as skimming stones or thrusting her hand into a bag of dried lentils.
She began as a potter and bodyworker and after a certain point her ceramic work began to develop sculptural qualities -- her tactile knowledge of the human form began to inform her potting. Archive 2009-02-08
As usual, Mr. Ferguson, who teaches in Harvard's history department and business school, uses his powerful narrative talents in these pages to give the reader a highly tactile sense of history.
It supplements the visual experience with auditory commentary, tactile maps, and touchable models to provide information about a room or an exhibit.
Does any fabric match silk for strength, durability and flexibility together with visual and tactile appeal? Times, Sunday Times
Interestingly, therefore, the nitrergic innervation of the thoracic sensory neuropils follows the separation of tactile and proprioceptive pathways found in early mechanosensory processing.
The brushwork is fresh and lively, the texture of the paper leaving unsaturated textures and tactile, expressive shapes.
Much of it is in tactile/visual diagrams, with the tactile part dominant. Science Press Releases
Another illusion known as 'phantom tactile sensation' is done by placing vibrating objects at different points on the skin at the same time which creates a tactile sensation between the points.
He's very -- what we call kinesthetic, very touchy - feely, very tactile, which is really one of the reasons that people love him. CNN Transcript Jun 2, 2003
Her paintings have a very tactile quality.
Tactile and auditory stimuli provoke convulsions with opposthotonis.
Add tactile and personal touches that are likely to improve the bonding between buyer and seller.
Illuminated lift buttons will be at wheelchair height, and there will be handrails, tactile signs and vocal floor announcements.
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Children who choose to trace over the letters will get a tactile as well as a visual sense of the letter shape.
In several sculptures, painted yarn and spools of thread are made ambiguously tactile by offering hard surfaces on objects one knows to be soft.
The rough stones jutting out from the gritty mud walls appeal to my visual and tactile senses.
You can and will overcome what appears to be trauma-related hypervigilance and tactile defensiveness. Times, Sunday Times
Now Tsetso is very tactile and has a habit of touching and poking people when talking to them, and also a tendency to put his face very close to you, giving a little laugh: ‘uh hu hu.’
I mean, just the fact that you're dealing with the physical world, with actualities and tactile objects, changes the nature of what you're doing.
Maybe Bob is just an extremely tactile person or maybe he's thinking, hey, this won't last forever.
It is clad in tactile, warm plastic and is smooth enough to roll through your fingers like a worry stone. Times, Sunday Times
He's gregarious and tactile, always ready with a cuddle and a chuckle.
Are you completely lacking in tactile senses as a result of nothing being able to penetrate your nerves of steel? Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Problematic Superpowers and How to Make Them Work
Then they hugged and kissed my mother and father; Greeks are such tactile people.
Children also like anything with a tactile element - snapdragons they can gently open and close, and foxgloves, which are just the right size for small fingers.
When Paul and I had discussed my issues with his behaviour, he had explained that he was a very tactile person.
Parole in Libertà Futuriste Olfattive Tattili Termiche (Words in Futurist, Olfactory, Tactile, Thermal Freedom) is made from tin and consists of 27 lithographed pages filled with words, poetic phrases and brightly coloured graphic images. The Art Fund helps British Library acquire Futurist metal book 100 years after the founding of Futurism
Constantly reworking the paintings and recomposing elements, leads to a tactile surface, with the painting becoming an abstract image in its own right.
Meanwhile, the Web is ablaze with reports that Apple is licensing "haptics" technology from Immersion to add the kind of tactile feedback found on some touch-displays to the iPhone. New iMacs are much better at Quake 4
Hands are used regularly, albeit that several exhibits carry the request Please Do Not Touch, a somewhat ironic stricture in the tactile land of the pop-up book.
[Page 343] temporaneous one of the recognition of tactile stimuli in gradation, prepares for writing. The Montessori Method
It's all about creating drama with supersized shapes, thick cabling and fluffy, tactile textures. Times, Sunday Times
This tactile, sensual experience was made more poignant by the knowledge that these substances were pure, unalloyed, irreducible.
He is even more thrilled by the informal studies and sketches than by the major canvases, because the former capture best the tactile immediacy of the painter and draughtsman.
He listened politely while she engaged him in several minutes of overly tactile conversation.
When conflicts between the senses occur, vision tends to bias both auditory and tactile perception.
What resulted was a game that appealed to neither the physical exhilaration of basketball or the tactile delight of its medium.
There are also contemplative zones, like a fragrant garden for smell, the colour garden and a pool of lilies for sight, and a tactile area strewn with weather-beaten rocks to stimulate the sense of touch.
The stimulation in a holding therapy is primarily tactile and physical, frequently including forced holding.
Her tactile sympathy, which even her growing band of allies concedes is 'a bit full-on', is a landgrab. Times, Sunday Times
The prints - like their subjects - are analog, tactile, which is to say different from a collection of bits and bytes. Ethan Russell: Music, Words and Photography: The Long and Winding Road
The second side bears a greater sense of gravity, far more tactile than anything else the group has yet attempted.
A spokesman said:This system recognises the users behaviour and offers tactile feedback and the illusion of using the tactile sense of force.
Things were obviously being created but they were tangible and tactile which allowed you to accept them more easily.
By tactile sensation, I mean that feeling that you get that lets you know where your arms are with your eyes closed.
The top bid was $7,500 for the painting whose intensity and tactile quality are achieved with layers of charcoal, then fixative, then more layers, then sand-paper.
Instead her head was tilted back slightly, her breathing relaxed and steady, and she was making a soft "cooing" noise that seemed to indicate she was finding the tactile sensation pleasurable. Darkness of the Light
The architecture of the brain attaches a very complex structure to each region of the visual or tactile field, a kind of a minibrain connected to all the other minibrains.
Imagine snapping the iPhone or iPad into a gamepad-like shell, one that allows you to play the sort of sophisticated games -- fighters, first-person shooters, platformers -- that work best with tactile features like analog thumbsticks and depressible buttons. Macworld UK News
But there is also a serious side to it, where you want to get more of that immersive tactile experience. Times, Sunday Times
Regarding Identification geometry graphics average success rate as guideline which expresses tactile display's quality. The connection between tactile sense and drive frequency is analysed.
For example, I would love to be able to be more affectionate and tactile with people, but I feel really funny about hugging and kissing my friends.
It makes the mp3 player a lot more tactile as it removes the sharp edges of the existing metal case.
Named the "haptic" - the technology provides tactile feedback to the users, and can thus help reduce both road injuries and repair bills Dailyindia.com News Feed
The aluminum used to make the stylograph has a more tactile feel thus providing a better grip and writing precision.
An improved haptic texture rendering method based on stochastic resonance is proposed utilizing the stochastic resonance phenomenon in human cutaneous tactile sensation.
The perception of being pressed by a cat was not always based on visual hallucination and physical testimony, but also on tactile sensation.
Unlike some other clamshells, the keypad is quite ergonomic and there is a nice tactile feel when you nudge the buttons.
Does any fabric match silk for strength, durability and flexibility together with visual and tactile appeal? Times, Sunday Times
In the museum lobby, a main directory resting on a console introduces the tactile itinerary on the slanted glass surface.
Having attended last year's event, I can attest to its practically tactile, loving atmosphere punctuated with childlike bursts of humour.
Education of the tactile, thermic and baric senses185 The Montessori Method
Just as our evolved visual preferences are the raw material for visual art, so our evolved tactile preferences are the raw material for massage.
By playing with these cards, children were meant to acquire a sense of order through their tactile as well as their visual experiences.
If there is a round in the chamber, the indicator pops up, providing a tactile as well as visual signal to the shooter.

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