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Feeling and the sense of touch

feeling

noun

something that you feel physically in your body

feeling

noun

the ability to feel pain, heat etc in your body

sensation

noun

the ability to feel something, especially by touching it

tactile

adjective

concerning the sense of touch

touch

noun

the sense that tells you what something feels like, through your skin or when you put your fingers on it

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a news article that consists of a chart … and only has a small amount of text

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