tactual

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But there we have to do principally with tactual perception, since the reader touches the hand of the subject and is guided by its tremor.

From Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology by Pfungst, Oskar

The elephant is the most sagacious of quadrupeds — its tactual range and skill, and the consequent multiplication of experiences, which it owes to its wonderfully adaptable trunk, being the basis of its sagacity.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John

The common element cannot possibly be supplied either by the data of visual sensation which the blind do not possess, or by the data of passive tactual sensation which the vident hardly ever employ.

From Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge by Philip, Alexander

The visual sense had here been rapidly replaced by the tactual and auditive senses.

From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst

Mach indeed claims to distinguish physiological Space, geometrical Space, visual Space, tactual Space as all different and yet apparently harmoniously blended in our Experience.

From Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge by Philip, Alexander