Search Result for "tactual sensation":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin;
- Example: "she likes the touch of silk on her skin"
- Example: "the surface had a greasy feeling"
[syn: touch, touch sensation, tactual sensation, tactile sensation, feeling]

2. the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain;
[syn: tactual sensation, tactility, touch perception, skin perceptiveness]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tactual sensation n 1: the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin; "she likes the touch of silk on her skin"; "the surface had a greasy feeling" [syn: touch, touch sensation, tactual sensation, tactile sensation, feeling] 2: the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain [syn: tactual sensation, tactility, touch perception, skin perceptiveness]