tactile

Relating to, involving, or perceptible to the sense of touch.

Characterized by or conveying an illusion of tangibility.

In art criticism, noting the quality of solidity in nature, which is perfectly apprehended only by the sense of touch, and which is better represented by certain painters than by others. ‘Tactile’ in this sense is a translation of the German taktisch, used by Riegl in 1893.

Of or pertaining to the sense of touch.

Adapted or used for feeling or touching; tactual: as, the whiskers of the cat are tactile organs; a mouse’s ear or a bat’s wing is a highly tactile surface.

Effected by or consisting in the action of touching; produced or caused by physical contact.

Of or pertaining to the organs, or the sense, of touch; perceiving, or perceptible, by the touch; capable of being touched

sense (Physiol.), the sense of touch, or pressure sense. See Touch.

Tangible; perceptible to the sense of touch.

Used for feeling.