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.

Tactile sense (Physiol.), the sense of touch, or pressure sense. See Touch.

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)