Haptics

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Haptics refers to the sense of touch (from Greek ἅπτω = "I fasten onto X, I touch X" (where X is the object of the verb)). It may refer to:

• Haptic technology, technology that interfaces with the user through the sense of touch
• Haptic communication, the means by which people and other animals communicate via touching
• Haptic perception, the process of recognizing objects through touch

It is not to be confused with:

• Hapticity, the description of particular bonding arrangements in molecular chemistry

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