Definition of Tactisms

1. tactism [n] - See also: tactism

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tactisms

tactile hair
tactile hallucination
tactile hyperesthesia
tactile image
tactile meniscus
tactile organ
tactile property
tactile sensation
tactile sense
tactilely
tactilities
tactility
taction
tactions
tactism
tactisms (current term)
tactless
tactlessly
tactlessness
tactlessnesses
tactometer
tactometers
tactor
tacts
tactual
tactual exploration
tactual sensation
tactuall
tactually
tadago-pie

Literary usage of Tactisms

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Theories of Evolution by Yves Delage, Marie Goldsmith (1912)
"Tropisms and tactisms. — W. Roux and biomechanics. — The theory of "the mosaic"; the struggle between parts of the organism; functional stimulation. ..."

2. Sex, Its Origin and Determination: A Study of the Metabolic Cycle and Its by Thomas E. Reed (1913)
"... OF LIFE IN ITS RELATION TO GROWTH AND REPRODUCTION The Continuity of Life.—The Spontaneity of Life.—Life a Chemical Reaction Manifested as tactisms, ..."

3. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1905)
"\sexual Reproduction, by Division, by Budding, and by Spores; V. Ontogenesis, tactisms, Tropisms, Functional Excitation, Ontogenetic Adaptation, ..."

4. An Introduction to Cytology by Lester Whyland Sharp (1921)
"The control exercised by environmental factors during the organism's early developmental stages, and the effects of various tropisms and tactisms between ..."

5. New Conceptions in Science: With a Foreword on the Relations of Science and by Carl Snyder (1903)
"... and " tactisms" Dr. Loeb drove boldly into the domain of mental phenomena, his next invasion struck at the dearest tenets of him who deals with the ..."

6. Problems of Biology by George Sandeman (1896)
"Undoubtedly, all the tropisms and tactisms of the newer and living embryology are nothing but terms for irritability; and irritability, because of its ..."

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