TACTILE SENSATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tactile sensation mean? 

• TACTILE SENSATION (noun)
  The noun TACTILE SENSATION has 1 sense:

1. the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin

  Familiarity information: TACTILE SENSATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TACTILE SENSATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

feeling; tactile sensation; tactual sensation; touch; touch sensation

Context example:

the surface had a greasy feeling

Hypernyms ("tactile sensation" is a kind of...):

perception (the process of perceiving)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tactile sensation"):

creepiness (an uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on your skin)

cutaneous sensation; haptic sensation; skin sensation (a sensation localized on the skin)

 Context examples 

Agents that are capable of inducing a total or partial loss of sensation, especially tactile sensation and pain.

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