Definitions

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  • noun In psychology and physiology, the science of touch: as optics is the science of sight and acoustics the science of hearing.

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  • noun medicine The study of the sense of touch.
  • noun computing The study of user interfaces that use the sense of touch.

Etymologies

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Examples

  • There are two aspects of writing; one is the visual aspect and the other is the perception and motor aspect, otherwise known as "haptics."

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • Samsung Instinct, exclusively available from Sprint, has a high-tech look with a large, vibrant touch screen featuring localized tactile feedback, called haptics, which allow the virtual QWERTY keypad and other operations to become a sensory experience.

    MobileTechNews 2009

  • Samsung Instinct, exclusively available from Sprint, has a high-tech look with a large, vibrant touch screen featuring localized tactile feedback, called haptics, which allow the virtual QWERTY keypad and other operations to become a sensory experience.

    MobileTechNews 2009

  • Large, advanced, touch sensitive 3-inch LCD display (240 x 400 Pixels, 262K color) offering responsive feedback called haptics

    My Digital Life 2008

  • Touch-enabled devices will also make increasing use of techniques such as haptics to enhance user experience.

    Gartner Outlines 10 Mobile Technologies to Watch in 2010 and 2011 « ResourceShelf 2010

  • Meanwhile, the Web is ablaze with reports that Apple is licensing "haptics" technology from Immersion to add the kind of tactile feedback found on some touch-displays to the iPhone.

    New iMacs are much better at Quake 4 2008

  • "Touch-enabled devices will also make increasing use of techniques such as haptics to enhance user experience," Gartner says.

    Computerworld 2010

  • "Touch-enabled devices will also make increasing use of techniques such as haptics to enhance user experience," Gartner says.

    Techworld Australia News 2010

  • "Touch-enabled devices will also make increasing use of techniques such as haptics to enhance user experience," Gartner says.

    ARN News 2010

  • Touch-enabled devices will also make increasing use of techniques such as haptics to enhance user experience.

    Internet Ad Sales admin 2010

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  • A science concerned with the sense of touch.

    In ophthalmology, "haptics" refer to the two supporting springs that hold an artificial lens within the lens capsule (after surgical removal of cataracts). The word also refers to technology that "interfaces" with a user via the sense of touch by applying forces, vibrations and/or motions to the user to create virtual objects.

    June 7, 2007

  • "Haptic technology is basically the application of force feedback to create a sense of touch with digital experiences. Touchscreen phones that click when pressing keys or buttons are introducing this technology to the mainstream." --Eric Picard, ClickZ

    January 23, 2009

  • I always adore reesetee's comments about optics. I'll just add a funny* connection about how my 97-year-old neighbor just had cataract surgery and needs to put in eyedrops twice a day. It's hard for her to tell whether the medicine has actually gotten into her eye. A nurse suggested that she could keep the bottles in the fridge--then when she's putting the drops in, they'll feel cold and she can judge where they've landed.

    *iroquoisy and/or fruit batty

    February 15, 2015

  • Might increase the chance of eyedropping with Worcestershire sauce.

    February 15, 2015