haptic

adj
/ˈhæptɪk/US

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἁπτικός (haptikós, “able to come in contact with”), from ἅπτω (háptō, “to touch”) + -ικός (-ikós, suffix forming adjectives from nouns).

  1. derived from ἁπτικός

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to the sense of touch.

    • So there may be sciences of touch, taste, and smell; which will be Haptic, Geustic and Osphrantic.
    • Although the five basic senses are often studied as individual systems covering visual, auditory, taste, smell, orientation and the haptic sensations, there is an interplay between the senses.
  2. Of or relating to haptics (“the study of user interfaces that use the sense of touch”).

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA