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Taction

Taction \Tac"tion\, n. [L. tactio, from tangere, tactum, to touch.] The act of touching; touch; contact; tangency. ``External taction.''
--Chesterfield.

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taction

n. 1 The act of touching; touch; contact. 2 The sense of touch.

Usage examples of "taction".

Patricia floated with arms and legs spread, one hand grasping the same taction line as Lanier.

It seems the minds of these people are so taken up with intense speculations, that they neither can speak, nor attend to the discourses of others, without being roused by some external taction upon the organs of speech and hearing.