Word of the Day ： January 10, 2021
haptic
觸覺的；與觸覺有關的
adjective HAP-tik
Definition
1 ： relating to or based on the sense of touch
與觸覺有關或基於觸覺的感覺
2 ： characterized by a predilection for the sense of touch
以觸覺為主要特徵
Examples
"Unlike most haptic systems, which rely on some sort of vibration motor, the technology behind the Hands Omni gloves instead uses something simpler: air. Small bladders are placed in the gloves' fingertips and, when the user reaches out to grab something in the virtual game world, the device selectively inflates those bladders, putting pressure on the user's fingertips and evoking the sensation of actually touching a physical object." — Dan Moren, Popular Science, 27 Apr. 2015
與大多數觸覺系統不同，它依靠某種震動馬達，Hands Omni glovers 技術背後使用了更簡單的方法：空氣。手套指尖的小氣囊，在用戶伸出手抓東西時，在虛擬遊戲世界中，該設備會選擇性地為那些氣囊充氣，在用戶的指尖上施加壓力，並引起實際觸摸物體的感覺。
"We're all accustomed to haptic controllers that send game-related vibrations through our fingers." — Hiawatha Bray, The Boston Globe, 1 Dec. 2020
我們都習慣了通過手指觸及與遊戲相關振動的觸控器。
Did You Know?
Haptic felt its way into English in the 19th century as a back-formation of haptics, a noun which was borrowed from the New Latin hapticē (meaning "science of touch," and derived ultimately from the Greek haptesthai, meaning "to touch") in the 1700s. Haptic was originally a medical synonym for tactile. By the 20th century, it had developed a psychological sense, describing individuals whose perception supposedly depended primarily on touch rather than sight. Although almost no one today divides humans into haptic and visual personalities, English retains the broadened psychological sense of haptic as well as the older "tactile" sense.
Haptic在19世紀以英語的形式出現，是haptics的逆構詞，這個名詞是從新拉丁語hapticē（意思是「science of touch「觸摸科學」」）借用的，並最終源自希臘語haptesthai，意思是「to touch「觸摸」」。 在1700年代。 Haptic最初是醫學上tactile的同義詞。 到20世紀，它已經發展出一種心理意識，描述了人們的知覺主要取決於觸摸而不是視覺。 儘管當今幾乎沒有人將人分為haptic「觸覺」和visual「視覺」兩種個性，但英語保留了haptic「觸覺」和更早的「tactile「觸覺」」兩個詞。
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