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

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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