Haptics
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Haptics refers to the sense of touch (from Greek ἅπτω = "I fasten onto, I touch"). It is a form of nonverbal communication.
Haptic customs differ greatly throughout the world. In many Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America, people greet each other with one kiss on the cheek, for example in Argentina. In Spain, people greet each other with two kisses on the cheek. In the United States, the main form of greeting is shaking hands, though when greeting friends it is not uncommon for them to hug. In Colombia shaking hands or verbal greeting is also common and probably not hugging. In Peru when men greet men they usually do so shaking hands or with verbal greeting, otherwise, whenever a woman is involved greeting involves kissing in the cheek or verbal greeting. In Japan, people bow to each other in greeting and think it rude to touch.
Every country has a different perception of touch as communication.
Haptics may refer to:
A similar term in use is:
Haptic customs differ greatly throughout the world. In many Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America, people greet each other with one kiss on the cheek, for example in Argentina. In Spain, people greet each other with two kisses on the cheek. In the United States, the main form of greeting is shaking hands, though when greeting friends it is not uncommon for them to hug. In Colombia shaking hands or verbal greeting is also common and probably not hugging. In Peru when men greet men they usually do so shaking hands or with verbal greeting, otherwise, whenever a woman is involved greeting involves kissing in the cheek or verbal greeting. In Japan, people bow to each other in greeting and think it rude to touch.
Every country has a different perception of touch as communication.
Haptics may refer to:
- Haptic technology, technology that interfaces with the user through the sense of touch
- Haptic communicationHaptic communicationHaptic communication is the means by which people and other animals communicate via touching. Touch, or the haptic sense, is extremely important for humans; as well as providing information about surfaces and textures it is a component of nonverbal communication in interpersonal relationships, and...
, the means by which people and other animals communicate via touching - Haptic perceptionHaptic perceptionHaptic perception is the process of recognizing objects through touch. It involves a combination of somatosensory perception of patterns on the skin surface and proprioception of hand position and conformation....
, the process of recognizing objects through touch - Haptic poetryHaptic PoetryHaptic poetry, like visual poetry and sound poetry, is a liminal art form combining characteristics of typography and sculpture to create objects not only to be seen, but to be touched and manipulated...
, a liminal art form combining characteristics of typography and sculpture
A similar term in use is:
- HapticityHapticityThe term hapticity is used to describe how a group of contiguous atoms of a ligand are coordinated to a central atom. Hapticity of a ligand is indicated by the Greek character 'eta', η. A superscripted number following the η denotes the number of contiguous atoms of the ligand that are bound to...
, a term used to describe certain bonding arrangements in molecular chemistry