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tactions

tactions is the plural of taction.

Meaning of taction

Noun

taction (countable and uncountable, plural tactions)

  1. The act of touching; touch; contact.
    • 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 rouzed by ſome external Taction upon the Organs of Speech and Hearing; for which reaſon, thoſe Perſons who are able to afford it always...1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Humours and Dispositions of the Laputians Described. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London...
  2. The sense of touch.

Questions about tactions

What is tactions the plural of?
Tactions is the plural of taction.

Words near tactions in the dictionary

  1. tactilograms
  2. tactilometric
  3. tactilometry
  4. tacting
  5. taction
  6. tactions
  7. tactique
  8. tactiques
  9. tactite
  10. tactites
  11. tactitic

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