'Tactile' definitions:

Definition of 'tactile'

adjective

Of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch; "haptic data"; "a tactile reflex" [syn: haptic, tactile, tactual]

adjective

Producing a sensation of touch; "tactile qualities"; "the tactual luxury of stroking silky human hair" [syn: tactile, tactual]

From: GCIDE

Tactile \Tac"tile\, a. [L. tactilis, fr. tangere, tactum, to touch: cf. F. tactile.] Of or pertaining to the organs, or the sense, of touch; perceiving, or perceptible, by the touch; capable of being touched; as, tactile corpuscles; tactile sensations. "Tactile sweets." --Beaumont. "Tactile qualities." --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
Tactile sense (Physiol.), the sense of touch, or pressure sense. See Touch. [1913 Webster]
The delicacy of the tactile sense varies on different parts of the skin; it is geatest on the forehead, temples and back of the forearm. --H. N. Martin. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Tactile \Tac"tile\, a. [L. tactilis, fr. tangere, tactum, to touch: cf. F. tactile.] Of or pertaining to the organs, or the sense, of touch; perceiving, or perceptible, by the touch; capable of being touched; as, tactile corpuscles; tactile sensations. "Tactile sweets." --Beaumont. "Tactile qualities." --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
Tactile sense (Physiol.), the sense of touch, or pressure sense. See Touch. [1913 Webster]
The delicacy of the tactile sense varies on different parts of the skin; it is geatest on the forehead, temples and back of the forearm. --H. N. Martin. [1913 Webster]