tactile sensation

Other forms: tactile sensations

Definitions of tactile sensation

1. noun

   the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
   synonyms: feeling, tactual sensation, touch, touch sensation

   types:

   creepiness

   an uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on your skin

   cutaneous sensation, haptic sensation, skin sensation

   a sensation localized on the skin

   tickle

   a cutaneous sensation often resulting from light stroking

   itch, itchiness, itching

   an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch

   topognosia, topognosis

   recognition of the location of a stimulus on the skin

   urtication

   a sensation of having been stung by nettles

   type of:

   perception

   the process of perceiving