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haptics

/ˈhæptɪks/

haptics noun: the study of the sense of touch.

Noun

haptics (uncountable)

  1. The study of the sense of touch.
  2. The study of user interfaces that use the sense of touch.
    • Future work of this research field will include two issues: the safety and psychology of haptics.2003, Julie A. Jacko, Andrew Sears, editors, The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook: Fundamentals, Evolving Technologies and Emerging Applications, page 218
    • 2008, Manuel Ferre (editor), Haptics: Perception, Devices and Scenarios: 6th International Conference: EuroHaptics, Madrid, Spain, June 2008: Proceedings, LNCS 5024.

haptics meaning in Tamil and Urdu

haptics in Tamil

தொடு உணர்வியல், தொடு உணர்வு

haptics in Urdu

لمسیات

Origin of haptics

From haptic.

Words formed from haptics

Questions about haptics

What does haptics mean?
Haptics means the study of the sense of touch.
What is haptics in Tamil?
Haptics in Tamil is தொடு உணர்வியல், தொடு உணர்வு. See Haptics meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is haptics?
Haptics is a noun.
How do you pronounce haptics?
Haptics is pronounced /ˈhæptɪks/.

Words near haptics in the dictionary

  1. hapticality
  2. haptically
  3. hapticities
  4. hapticity
  5. hapticospatial
  6. haptics
  7. hapto-
  8. haptoattractant
  9. haptoattractants
  10. haptocorrin
  11. haptocorrins

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Adapted from Wiktionary: haptics (page history and authors); haptics (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); haptics (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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