Definition of "tactile" []

• Perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible. (adjective)
• Characterized by or conveying an illusion of tangibility: "Heaney must thus continue to be a poet rich in tactile language” ( Helen Vendler). (adjective)
• Used for feeling: a tactile organ. (adjective)
• Of, relating to, or proceeding from the sense of touch; tactual: a tactile reflex. (adjective)

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• "The prints - like their subjects - are analog, tactile, which is to say different from a collection of bits and bytes."
• "If you want the ultimate in tactile, it's being out on the road, where people can see it, hear it, talk to it, and those things."
• "Are you completely lacking in tactile senses as a result of nothing being able to penetrate your nerves of steel?"