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pretouch

pretouch adjective: prior to a touch.

Adjective

pretouch (not comparable)

  1. Prior to a touch
    • We z-scored pretouch velocity and the maximum curvature change shortly after touch (0–20 ms).2015, Samuel Andrew Hires et al., “Low-noise encoding of active touch by layer 4 in the somatosensory cortex”, in eLife, volume 4, →DOI

Origin of pretouch

From pre- + touch.

Questions about pretouch

What does pretouch mean?
Pretouch means prior to a touch.
What part of speech is pretouch?
Pretouch is an adjective.

Words near pretouch in the dictionary

  1. pretorture
  2. pretotype
  3. pretotyped
  4. pretotypes
  5. pretotyping
  6. pretouch
  7. pretour
  8. pretournament
  9. pretournaments
  10. pretours
  11. pretracheal

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