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Definitions: Tactual |
TactualAdjective1. Of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch; "haptic data"; "a tactile reflex". 2. Producing a sensation of touch; "tactile qualities"; "the tactual luxury of stroking silky human hair". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Note: Tactual \Tac"tu*al\, adjective. [See Tact.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: TactualSynonyms: haptic (adj), tactile (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Touch | Adjective: tactual, tactile; tangible, palpable; lambent. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Tactual |
| English words defined with "tactual": somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia ♦ tactile, tactual exploration, tactual sensation. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "tactual": King. (references) |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a "crowned head," although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to speak of. A king, in times long, long gone by, Said to his lazy jester: "If I were you and you were I My moments merrily would fly -- Nor care nor grief to pester." "The reason, Sire, that you would thrive," The fool said -- "if you'll hear it -- Is that of all the fools alive Who own you for their sovereign, I've The most forgiving spirit." Oogum Bem KING'S :EVIL:, n. A malady that was formerly cured by the touch of the sovereign, but has now to be treated by the physicians. Thus 'the most pious Edward" of England used to lay his royal hand upon the ailing subjects and make them whole -- a crowd of wretched souls That stay his cure: their malady convinces The great essay of art; but at his touch, Such sanctity hath Heaven given his hand, They presently amend, as the "Doctor" in Macbeth hath it. This useful property of the royal hand could, it appears, be transmitted along with other crown properties; for according to "Malcolm," 'tis spoken To the succeeding royalty he leaves The healing benediction. But the gift somewhere dropped out of the line of succession: the later sovereigns of England have not been tactual healers, and the disease once honored with the name "king's evil" now bears the humbler one of "scrofula," from scrofa, a sow. The date and author of the following epigram are known only to the author of this dictionary, but it is old enough to show that the jest about Scotland's national disorder is not a thing of yesterday. Ye Kynge his evill in me laye, Wh. he of Scottlande charmed awaye. He layde his hand on mine and sayd: "Be gone!" Ye ill no longer stayd. But O ye wofull plyght in wh. I'm now y-pight: I have ye itche! The superstition that maladies can be cured by royal taction is dead, but like many a departed conviction it has left a monument of custom to keep its memory green. The practice of forming a line and shaking the President's hand had no other origin, and when that great dignitary bestows his healing salutation on strangely visited people, All swoln and ulcerous, pitiful to the eye, The mere despair of surgery, he and his patients are handing along an extinguished torch which once was kindled at the altar-fire of a faith long held by all classes of men. It is a beautiful and edifying "survival" -- one which brings the sainted past close home in our "business and bosoms." |
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| "Tactual" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Tactual" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 7 | 133,076 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "tactual": tactual exploration ♦ tactual hallucination ♦ tactual sensation ♦ tactual sense. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
learner tactual | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "tactual"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i prekjes (tactile). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | осезателен (palpal, perceivable, tactile, tangible). (various references) | |
Danish | taktil feedback (tactual feedback, tactual perception of speechorgans). (various references) | |
Dutch | tactiele feedback (tactual feedback, tactual perception of speechorgans). (various references) | |
French | hallucination cutanée (tactual hallucination), feedback tactile (tactual feedback, tactual perception of speechorgans). (various references) | |
German | eigenes Abtasten der Artikulationsorgane als Kontrolle der Artikulationsbewegungen (tactual feedback, tactual perception of speechorgans). (various references) | |
Greek | απτικόσ, αφήσ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | tapintási (tactile). (various references) | |
Italian | feedback tattile (tactual feedback, tactual perception of speechorgans). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | actualtay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tátil (tactile). (various references) | |
Russian | осязательный (palpal, tactile, touchable). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | taktilni (tactile), dodirni (tactile, tangent). (various references) | |
Thai | เกี่ยวกับประสาทสัมผัส. (various references) | |
Turkish | elle tutulur (acceptable, concrete, palpable, tactile, tangible), dokunulur (tactile), dokunsal (tactile), dokunma (contact, don't touch, feeling, handling, hands off, palpation, tact, tactile, touch, touching). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "tactual": tactually. (additional references) | |
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"Tactual" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: tactal, tactul, tultulan. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "tactual" (pronounced 'Tac"tu*al'): Abactinal, Abbatial, Abbatical, Abdal, Aberrational, Abettal, Abhal, Abhominal, Abiological, Abnormal, Aboral, Abortional, Abranchial, Absinthial, Abstractional, Abuttal, Abysmal, Abyssal, Academial, Accentual, Accessional, Accessorial, Accipitral, Accrementitial, Accrual, Accusal, Accusatival, Accusatorial, Acephal, Acerval, Acetal, Achenial, Acnodal, Aconital, Acoustical, Acquittal, Acranial, Acritical, Acromial, Acropetal, Acroterial, Actinal, Actinozoal, Actuarial, Adagial, Adambulacral, Adaptorial, Adenological, Adjectional, Adjectival, Adjournal, Administerial, Admiral, Admonitorial, Adnominal, Adrenal, Adventual, Adverbial, Aerial, AEstival, AEtiological, Affectional, Affinal, Agal-agal, Agential, Aglossal, Agminal, Agrestical, Agricultural, Albuminoidal, Alecithal, Algal, Algological, Alimental, Alinasal, Aliseptal, Aliturgical, Allheal, Alliteral, Altitudinal, Altrical, Amatorial, Ambassadorial, Ambidextral, Amblygonal, Ambrosial, Ambulacral, Ambulatorial, Amenorrhoeal, Ammiral, Ammonal, Amphiarthrodial, Amphibial, Amphibiological, Amphibological, Amphidromical, Amphitheatral, Amphoral, Anal, Analogal, Analogical, Anapestical, Anarchal, Ancestorial, Ancestral, Anecdotal, Aneurismal, Anguineal, Anidiomatical, Animadversal, Annal, Anneal, Anomal, Anormal, Antambulacral, Anteal, Antediluvial, Antemural, Antenatal, Antennal, Antenuptial, Anteorbital, Antepaschal, Anteprandial, Anthological, Anthropoidal, Anthropotomical, Antibacterial, Antibrachial, Anticatarrhal, Antichronical, Antidotal, Antidotical, Antimagistrical, Antimalarial, Antimonial, Antinational, Antipapal, Antiparalytical, Antipodal, Antisacerdotal, Antiscorbutical, Antiscriptural, Antisocial, Antitypal, Antitypical, Antivenereal, Antorbital, Antral, Apathistical, Aphakial, Apical, Aplacental, Apocryphal, Apogeal, Apohyal, Aporetical, Apostatical, Apozemical, Apparitional, Appendical, Appositional, Appraisal, Apprizal, Approval, Apsidal, Apteral, Aptitudinal, Apyrexial, Aquatical, Arabical, Arachnidial, Arachnoidal, Arachnological, Arbitral, Arboreal, Arborical, Arboricultural, Archaical, Archducal, Archegonial, Archetypal, Archetypical, Archical, Archidiaconal, Archiepiscopal, Architectural, Archival, Archmarshal, Arctogeal, Arcual, Areal, Argental, Argumental, Arithmetical, Armorial, Arousal, Arrival, Arsenal, Arsenical, Arterial, Arval, Ascensional, Asexual, Asphyxial, Assertorial, Assessorial, Associational, Assonantal, Assyriological, Asternal, Asteroidal, Astragal, Astrophysical, Asymmetral, Atabal, Atheological, Atlantal, Atrial, Attabal, Attal, Attical, Attitudinal, Attorney-general, Auditorial, Auditual, Augural, Augurial, Aurigal, Auroral, Auspicial, Authentical, Authorial, Autocratorical, Autogeneal, Autographal, Autumnal, Avowal, Axal, Axial, Azimuthal, Bacterial, Bactericidal, Bacteriological, Balmoral, Balneal, Banal, Bancal, Baptismal, Baptistical, Barmecidal, Baronial, Basal, Basifugal, Basihyal, Basioccipital, Beheadal, Belial, Benedictional, Beneficential, Beneficial, Bengal, Benthal, Benzal, Bequeathal, Bergmeal, Bestowal, Betrayal, Betrothal, Biannual, Biblical, Bibliological, Bibliomaniacal, Bibliothecal, Bicameral, Bicaudal, Bicipital, Bicorporal, Bicrural, Bidental, Bifacial, Bifocal, bigential, Bilateral, Bilingual, Biliteral, Bimedial, Bimembral, Bimensal, Bimestrial, Binal, Binaural, Binominal, Biparietal, Bipedal, Bipunctual, Bipyramidal, Bisexual, Bismuthal, Biventral, Bivial, Blastemal, Bocal, Botryoid, Botryoidal, Brachial, Brachyceral, Bracteal, Branchial, Branchiostegal, brigadier, Broadseal, Bromal, Bronchial, Brumal, Brutal, Bryological, Buccal, Buccinal, Bucolical, Burghal, Burial, Bursal, Cacodoxical, Cacuminal, Cadastral, Caecal, Caesural, Cal, Calcaneal, Calendarial, Cambial, Caninal, Cantharidal, Cantonal, Cantoral, Caporal, Caracal, Carceral, Carcinological, Cardiacal, Carnal, Carnassial, Carnival, Carousal, Carpal, Carpological, Casal, Castrensial, Catamenial, Cataphysical, Catarrhal, Catechismal, Catechumenical, Categorical, Catholical, Caudal, Causidical, Cemental, Cemeterial, Censorial, Censual, Centesimal, Central, Centripetal, Centrolecithal, Centrolineal, Centumviral, Centurial, Cephalocercal, Ceratobranchial, Ceratohyal, Cercal, Cerebrifugal, Cerebripetal, Cerebro-spinal, Cerial, Cerrial, Cervical, Cesural, Cetological, Chalazal, Chamal, Chamisal, Chaparral, Characteristical, Charcoal, Cheval, Chibbal, Chimerical, Chiragrical, Chirological, Chloropal, Chordal, Chorepiscopal, Chorographical, Choroidal, Chrismal, Chromatical, Chronical. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-l-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: actual. | |
-3 letters: acta, caul, cult, tact, tala, talc, taut. | |
-4 letters: aal, act, ala, alt, att, cat, cut, lac, lat, tat, tau, tut, uta. | |
-5 letters: aa, al, at, la, ta, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-l-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: catapult. | |
+2 letters: acquittal, actuality, catapults, tactually. | |
+3 letters: acquittals, articulate, auscultate, capitulate, catapulted, factualist, factuality, tentacular. | |
+4 letters: acculturate, actualities, articulated, articulates, articulator, artifactual, auscultated, auscultates, capitulated, capitulates, catapulting, contractual, factualists, facultative, matriculant, matriculate, particulate, trabeculate. | |
+5 letters: acculturated, acculturates, anticultural, articulately, articulating, articulation, articulative, articulators, articulatory, auscultating, auscultation, auscultatory, autistically, autocratical, capitulating, capitulation, congratulate, contrapuntal, cultivatable, factualities, inarticulate, matriculants, matriculated, matriculates, naturalistic, particulates, rearticulate, recapitulate, tautological, ultracompact. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 61 63 74 75 61 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- .- -.-. - ..- .- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100001 01100011 01110100 01110101 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T a c t u a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0061 0063 0074 0075 0061 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54676986876778 |
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