tactual

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He pointed out that, as above noted, in the lowest organisms sensation is a general thing diffused throughout the body, a kind of general tactual sense.

From Embryology The Beginnings of Life by Leighton, Gerald R.

The senses are nascent, the basis of all of them being that simple tactual sense which the sage Democritus recognised 2,300 years ago as their common progenitor.

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

Did the beard really exist, or was it only a case of tactual and visual sensations?

From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Flammarion, Camille

Light and colour, of which he has no tactual evidence, he studies fearlessly, believing that all humanly knowable truth is open to him.

From The World I Live In by Keller, Helen

Every quality it possesses is represented by a corresponding visual, auditory, tactual or other sensation.

From Applied Psychology: Driving Power of Thought Being the Third in a Series of Twelve Volumes on the Applications of Psychology to the Problems of Personal and Business Efficiency by Hilton, Warren