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Haptic felt its way into English in the 19th century as a back-formation of haptics, a noun which was borrowed from the New Latin hapticē (meaning "science of touch," and derived ultimately from the Greek haptesthai, meaning "to touch") in the 1700s. Haptic was originally a medical synonym for tactile. By the 20th century, it had developed a psychological sense, describing individuals whose perception supposedly depended primarily on touch rather than sight. Although almost no one today divides humans into haptic and visual personalities, English retains the broadened psychological sense of haptic as well as the older "tactile" sense.
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Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 16 Dec. 2024
From each wonderfully robust power-up, the haptic feedback that rattles through the controller, and the eye-popping graphics which gleam and sparkle like a treasure box filled with jewels, Astro Bot is a pleasure-tickler of the highest order.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
One of these refillable devices is the Pax Era, which comes with haptic feedback and a ton of other features that provide high-quality vapor and even more customizable vaping sessions.
—Amplified Content Studio, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024
The software uses various modalities for sensory input—audio, visual, and haptic—to provide feedback to the user.
—Steven Aquino, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Haptic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/haptic. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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