tactual

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While carefully guarding against the interference of visual, tactual, temperature, and olfactory stimuli, I produced noises of varying degrees of loudness by clapping the hands together suddenly, by shouting, whistling, exploding pistol caps, striking steel bars, ringing an electric bell, and causing another mouse to squeak.

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  1. adjective Tactile.

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  1. Latin tāctus, touch; see tact + -al1.

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  1. from New Latin *tactualis, from Latin tactus, a touching, touch: see tact.
 

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/ˈtæktʃjuəl/
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