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TOUCH SENSATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
Example:
the surface had a greasy feeling
Synonyms:
feeling; tactile sensation; tactual sensation; touch; touch sensation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("touch sensation" is a kind of...):
perception (the process of perceiving)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "touch sensation"):
creepiness (an uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on your skin)
cutaneous sensation; haptic sensation; skin sensation (a sensation localized on the skin)
