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English noun: tactual sensation

1. tactual sensation (cognition) the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin


SamplesShe likes the touch of silk on her skin.
The surface had a greasy feeling.


Synonymsfeeling, tactile sensation, touch, touch sensation


Broader (hypernym)perception


Narrower (hyponym)creepiness, cutaneous sensation, haptic sensation, skin sensation

2. tactual sensation (cognition) the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain


Synonymsskin perceptiveness, tactility, touch perception


Broader (hypernym)somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somataesthesis, somatesthesia, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesia, somesthesis









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