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English noun: sense of touch

1. sense of touch (cognition) the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)


SamplesOnly sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us.


Synonymscutaneous senses, skin senses, touch, touch modality


Broader (hypernym)exteroception, somatosense


Part meronymsomaesthesia, somaesthesis, somataesthesis, somatesthesia, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesia, somesthesis









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