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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In psychology, apprehension by touch of the form or corporeality of objects. See stereognostic.

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  • noun The ability to perceive the form of an object by using the sense of touch

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  • great sounding word, but not what you'd expect with the prefix stereo-

    February 16, 2007