after-touch

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after-touch

Persistence of the sensation of touch after contact with the stimulus has ceased.

af·ter·touch

, after-touch , (af'ter-tŭch)

Subjective persistence of tactile sensation after cessation of stimulus; a form of aftersensation.

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