tactual

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The senses are nascent, the basis of all of them being that simple tactual sense which the sage Democritus recognised 2,300 years ago as their common progenitor.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John

There are tactual vibrations which do not belong to skin-touch.

From The World I Live In by Keller, Helen

Light, sound and tactual vibrations press upon you from every side.

From Applied Psychology: Making Your Own World Being the Second of a Series of Twelve Volumes on the Applications of Psychology to the Problems of Personal and Business Efficiency by Hilton, Warren

The vident apprehends its various features simultaneously and at once; the blind, by successive tactual palpations.

From Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge by Philip, Alexander

The elephant is the most sagacious of quadrupeds — its tactual range and skill, and the consequent multiplication of experiences, which it owes to its wonderfully adaptable trunk, being the basis of its sagacity.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John