sense of touch
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsenseandtouch
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sense
noun
uk/sens/us/sens/
an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, ...
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touch
noun
uk/tʌtʃ/us/tʌtʃ/
a ...
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(Definition ofsenseandtouchfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsense of touch
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Their stereognosis (the capacity to perceive volumes) is due only to thesenseoftouch.
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A human agent, using thesenseoftouch, or an implement, applies energy to a sounding body, producing spectromorphologies.
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Besides, the impression of the senses originally reduced to thesenseoftouchwill reveal to us the nature of the notion of continuity.
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Tact that informs thesenseoftouch, attracts, and comes to rest on the threshold of the approach.
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Educating thesenseoftouchwas equally important.
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This articulatory feedback happens on the intimate scale of movement and a very suitable human input channel for this is thesenseoftouch.
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This can illustrated by thesenseoftouch.
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Thesenseoftouchis impossible as a phenomenon without time because it is impossible without the linearity of experience in time.
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A human agent produces spectromorphologies via the motion of gesture, using thesenseoftouchor an implement to apply energy to a sounding body.
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Cassirer's characterization of thesenseoftouchas an example of expressive symbolism holds for expressive symbolism of any kind.
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Force sensing resistors on the fingers provide the hands with asenseoftouch.
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These men are only craftsmen because of asenseoftouch.
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The manipulating of tools to a thousandth part of an inch can only come by asenseoftouch.
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Thatsenseoftouch, developed after years of handling really delicate mechanism, has been ruined, bruised, and destroyed by work upon the roads.
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One blindfolded team member would then have to use theirsenseoftouchto unlock a multiple-dial combination lock using the four digit number.
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It has been described as doing for thesenseoftouchwhat computer graphics does for vision.
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Hair also has a sensory function, extending thesenseoftouchbeyond the surface of the skin.
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She learned to hear people's speech by reading their lips with her handshersenseoftouchhad become extremely subtle.
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In chimpanzees thesenseoftouchis highly developed.
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Thesenseoftouchis actually many senses, including pressure, heat, cold, tickle, and pain.
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