haptic.

Relating to the sense of touch or to technology that conveys information through tactile effects.

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Words that belong together

• haptic feedback
• a haptic interface

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Haptic feedback let her identify the switch without looking away from the display.

The glove’s haptic interface supplied resistance but could not reproduce the surface temperature.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Relational adjective; comparative and superlative normally not applicable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.