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Touch:''This article concerns physical and human touch. For other meanings, see Touch (disambiguation).'' Touching is having or getting a zero distance; in geometry it refers especially to a tangent line or curve (cf. collision). This term can be used to describe interaction between any physical objects. A more complex concept comes into play when the term is used in reference to human beings. Touch may simply be considered one of five human senses; however, when a person touches something or somebody this gives rise to various feelings: the perception of pressure (hence shape, softness, texture, vibration, etc.), heat, cold and sometimes pain. Thus the term "touch" is actually the combined term for several senses. Holding or moving something is usually done by touching (exceptions include blowing or using a magnet or engine), but this is sometimes done indirectly (e.g., with pliers). Touching another person is a form of physical intimacy and plays an important role in human sexual behavior. Similarly, touching oneself can be autoerotic; special is the dual feeling of a single skin contact. Touching is also integral in physical abuse (Strike (attack), pushing, pulling, pinching, kicking, strangling, etc.) and hand-to-hand fighting. In a sentence like "I never touched him/her" and "Don't you dare to touch him/her" the term touch may be meant as euphemism for either physical abuse or sexual touching. Touching is a form of nonverbal communication. Human babies have been observed to have enormous difficulty surviving if they do not possess a sense of touch, even if they retain sight and hearing. Babies who can perceive through touch, even without sight and hearing, fare much better. Touch can be considered a basic sense in that nearly all life forms have a response to being touched, while only a subset have sight and hearing. One can also be emotionally touched. In this metaphorical sense it refers to some action or object that has evoked a sad or joyful emotion. For example, to say "I was touched by your letter" would not imply the reader were angered by it, but that he or she felt joy or sadness when reading it. ''See also:'' body contact (dance), frotteurism, groping, grappling, haptic, massage, mosh, sexual harassment, tickling. ==Quote== ''I needed so much/ To have nothing to touch/ I've always been greedy that way..'' -Leonard Cohen, from ''The Night Comes On'' (1984) ==External links== *[http://members.aol.com/doder1/touch1.htm Touch as nonverbal communication] *[http://www2.rz.hu-berlin.de/sexology/GESUND/ARCHIV/SEN/CH23.HTM#b3-TOUCH%20AND%20SEXUALITY Touch and sexuality] *[http://www.extendicare.com/consumer/article35.htm skin hunger] *[http://www.touchmusic.org.uk UK audio-visual organisation] Perception See other meanings of words starting from letter: TTA | TB | TC | TD | TE | TF | TG | TH | TI | TJ | TK | TL | TŁ | TM | TN | TO | TP | TR | TS | TU | TW | TX | TY | TZ |Words begining with Touch: Touch Touch!_Kirby Touch-and-Go Touch-line Touch-Tone Touch-tone Touch-type Touchard_polynomial Touchard_polynomials Touchback Touchdown Touchdowns Touchdown_PCR Touche Touched_By_An_Angel Touched_by_an_Angel Touched_by_the_Crimson_King Touched_by_the_Hand_of_God ToucheGnome ToucheGnome Toucheng Toucheng,_Yilan Toucheng_Township Touchet,_WA Touchet,_Washington Touch_Turtle_and_Dum_Dum Touching Touching_Evil Touching_Heaven_Changing_Earth Touching_Heaven_Changing_Earth Touching_Starlight Touching_the_Void TouchMobile Touchon Touchpad Touchpad Touchscreen Touchstone Touchstone Touchstone_Home_Video Touchstone_Pictures Touchstone_Pictures Touchstone_Television TouchTaxi Touchtel Touchtel Touch_&_Go_Records Touch_'n_Go Touch_(1987_album) Touch_(1987_album) Touch_(album) Touch_(album) Touch_(Amerie_album) Touch_(band) Touch_(Delirious?_album) Touch_(disambiguation) Touch_(Klinik_EP) Touch_(manga) Touch_(rugby) Touch_(Sarah_McLachlan_album) Touch_(Unix) Touch_(Unix) Touch_(unix) Touch_and_go Touch_and_Go_Records Touch_and_Go_records Touch_El_Arab Touch_football Touch_Golf Touch_hole Touch_I Touch_II Touch_illusion Touch_judge Touch_Me Touch_me Touch_Me_(Gary_Glitter_album) Touch_Me_(The_Doors_song) Touch_mobile Touch_of_Evil Touch_of_Evil Touch_of_Frost Touch_Of_Grey Touch_of_Grey Touch_of_Love Touch_of_Love_(Twins_album) Touch_of_Midas Touch_of_My_Hand Touch_of_My_Hand_(Spears) Touch_of_My_Hand_(Spears) Touch_of_My_Hand_(Spears)/Delete Touch_of_My_Hand_(Spears)/Delete Touch_Pad Touch_pad Touch_Rugby Touch_Rugby Touch_rugby Touch_screen Touch_screen Touch_Tone Touch_tone Touch_Tone™ Touch_type Touch_typing Touch_wood |
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