"taction" meaning in All languages combined

See taction on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: tactions [plural]
Etymology: Latin tactio (“touching”), from perfect passive participle tactus (“sense of feeling”), from tangere (“to touch, feel”) + action suffix -io; see tact. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|tactio||touching}} Latin tactio (“touching”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} taction (countable and uncountable, plural tactions)
  1. The act of touching; touch; contact. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-taction-en-noun-rx-Wypni Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8
  2. The sense of touch. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-taction-en-noun-4L7tZb2h

Inflected forms

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