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==Definition==
*I. 1. a. The [[sense]] of [[touch]]; touch. In quot. 1809 transf. [So in L.; F. tact (14th c. in Littré).]
::b. fig. A keen faculty of [[perception]] or discrimination likened to the sense of touch.
:2. Ready and delicate sense of what is fitting and proper in dealing with others, so as to avoid giving offence, or win [[good]] will; skill or [[judgement]] in dealing with men or negotiating difficult or delicate situations; the faculty of saying or doing the right thing at the right time. [a. F. tact (Voltaire 1769).]
:3. The act of touching or handling; an instance of this, a [[touch]]. Obs. rare. [So in L.]
*II. 4. Mus. A stroke in beating time; = BEAT n.1 4: see also quot. 1891. [= (Germ.) L. tactus, Adam v. Fulda 1490; Ger. tact, Prätorius 1619.]
*III. 5. Psychol. [Final element of con)tact.] B. F. Skinner's term for an utterance which is evoked by an object, event, etc., and reinforces the learning of a response. Hence as v. trans., to respond to (a stimulus) with an utterance; intr., to utter words or sounds in this way; so {sm}tacted ppl. a.; {sm}tacting vbl. n. Cf. MAND.
==Quote==
'''Tact''' is the [[fulcrum]] of social [[leverage]], and [[tolerance]] is the earmark of a great [[soul]].
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Definition==
*I. 1. a. The [[sense]] of [[touch]]; touch. In quot. 1809 transf. [So in L.; F. tact (14th c. in Littré).]
::b. fig. A keen faculty of [[perception]] or discrimination likened to the sense of touch.
:2. Ready and delicate sense of what is fitting and proper in dealing with others, so as to avoid giving offence, or win [[good]] will; skill or [[judgement]] in dealing with men or negotiating difficult or delicate situations; the faculty of saying or doing the right thing at the right time. [a. F. tact (Voltaire 1769).]
:3. The act of touching or handling; an instance of this, a [[touch]]. Obs. rare. [So in L.]
*II. 4. Mus. A stroke in beating time; = BEAT n.1 4: see also quot. 1891. [= (Germ.) L. tactus, Adam v. Fulda 1490; Ger. tact, Prätorius 1619.]
*III. 5. Psychol. [Final element of con)tact.] B. F. Skinner's term for an utterance which is evoked by an object, event, etc., and reinforces the learning of a response. Hence as v. trans., to respond to (a stimulus) with an utterance; intr., to utter words or sounds in this way; so {sm}tacted ppl. a.; {sm}tacting vbl. n. Cf. MAND.
==Quote==
'''Tact''' is the [[fulcrum]] of social [[leverage]], and [[tolerance]] is the earmark of a great [[soul]].
[[Category: General Reference]]
