Haptic sensations defy precise description.
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Haptic
//ˈhæptɪk//
Synonyms for "haptic" (4 found)
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Synonyms
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4 entriesTranslations
36 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- осезателен adj (of or relating to the sense of touch)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 觸覺介面的 /触觉介面的 adj (of or relating to haptics)
- 觸覺的 /触觉的 adj (of or relating to the sense of touch)
Czech
1 entries- hmatový adj (of or relating to the sense of touch)
Dutch
2 entries- haptisch adj (of or relating to the sense of touch)
- haptisch adj (of or relating to haptics)
Finnish
2 entries- haptinen adj (of or relating to the sense of touch)
- haptinen adj (of or relating to haptics)
French
2 entries- haptique adj (of or relating to haptics)
- tactile adj (of or relating to the sense of touch)
Galician
1 entries- táctil adj (of or relating to the sense of touch)
German
1 entries- haptisch adj (of or relating to the sense of touch)
Greek
2 entries- απτικός adj (of or relating to the sense of touch)
- απτικός adj (of or relating to haptics)
Italian
2 entries- aptico adj (of or relating to the sense of touch)
- aptico adj (of or relating to haptics)
Persian
1 entries- لامسهای adj (of or relating to the sense of touch)
Polish
3 entries- dotykowy adj (of or relating to the sense of touch)
- haptyczny adj (of or relating to the sense of touch)
- haptyczny adj (of or relating to haptics)
Portuguese
3 entries- háptico adj (of or relating to haptics)
- táctil adj (of or relating to the sense of touch)
- tátil adj (of or relating to the sense of touch)
Russian
4 entries- гаптический adj (of or relating to the sense of touch)
- осяза́тельный adj (of or relating to the sense of touch)
- такти́льный adj (of or relating to the sense of touch)
- тактильный adj (of or relating to haptics)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- haptički adj (of or relating to the sense of touch)
- haptički adj (of or relating to haptics)
- taktilni adj (of or relating to the sense of touch)
Spanish
3 entries- háptico adj (of or relating to the sense of touch)
- háptico adj (of or relating to haptics)
- táctil adj (of or relating to the sense of touch)
Swedish
3 entries- haptisk adj (of or relating to the sense of touch)
- haptisk adj (of or relating to haptics)
- taktil adj (of or relating to the sense of touch)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
So there may be sciences of touch, taste, and smell; which will be Haptic, Geustic and Osphrantic.
Source: wiktionary
Although the five basic senses are often studied as individual systems covering visual, auditory, taste, smell, orientation and the haptic sensations, there is an interplay between the senses.
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An engineer tends to describe haptics primarily in terms of forces, elongations, frequencies, mechanical tensions, and shear forces. This of course makes sense and is important for the technical design process. However haptics is more than that. Haptic perceptions range from minor interactions in everyday life, e.g., drinking from a glass or writing this text, to a means of social communication, e.g., shaking hands or giving someone a pat on the shoulder, and very personal and private interpersonal experiences.
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