English noun: tactual sensation | |||
1. | tactual sensation (cognition) the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin | ||
Samples | She likes the touch of silk on her skin. The surface had a greasy feeling. | ||
Synonyms | feeling, 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 | ||
Synonyms | skin perceptiveness, tactility, touch perception | ||
Broader (hypernym) | somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somataesthesis, somatesthesia, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesia, somesthesis | ||