Definition of "haptic" []

• Of or relating to the sense of touch; tactile. (adjective)

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• "Autumn has a light touch here: a burgundy fringe on the roadside, gold and blush in haptic patches on the tree crowns, like the burnish on a pear."
• "Named the "haptic" - the technology provides tactile feedback to the users, and can thus help reduce both road injuries and repair bills"
• "The brainchild of Michael Graf at BMW and Michael Strolz's team at the Technical University of Munich, the "haptic" - technology that gives tactile feedback - doors could cut both road injuries and repair bills, they say."