different between haptics vs haptic

English

Etymology

From haptic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hæpt?ks/

Noun

haptics (uncountable)

1. (medicine) The study of the sense of touch.
2. (computing) The study of user interfaces that use the sense of touch.
   • 2003, Julie A. Jacko, Andrew Sears (editors), The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook: Fundamentals, Evolving Technologies and Emerging Applications, page 218,

     Future work of this research field will include two issues: the safety and psychology of haptics.

   • 2008, Manuel Ferre (editor), Haptics: Perception, Devices and Scenarios: 6th International Conference: EuroHaptics, Madrid, Spain, June 2008: Proceedings, LNCS 5024.

Related terms

• haptic

Translations

Anagrams

• pathics, spathic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (haptikós, “able to come in contact with”), from ???? (hápt?, “to touch”) + -???? (-ikós, “suffix forming an adjective from a noun”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?hæpt?k/
• Rhymes: -æpt?k
• Hyphenation: hapt?ic

Adjective

haptic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the sense of touch.

   Synonym: tactile
2. (computing) Of or relating to haptics (“the study of user interfaces that use the sense of touch”).

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• haptics (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• haptic technology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -pathic, pathic, phatic