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单词 telaesthetic
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telaestheticadj.

/tɛlɪsˈθɛtɪk//-ɪsˈθɛtɪk/
Etymology: formed as tel n. + aesthetic n. and adj.
1. Having physical perception of things at a distance.
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1890 C. L. Morgan Animal Life & Intell. (1891) 249 This temperature-sense, unlike the sense of touch, may make us aware of distant bodies. It is what we may term a telæsthetic sense in contradistinction to a contact sense... Sight like hearing is a telæsthetic sense. Through it we become aware of certain vibratory states of more or less distant objects.
2. Parapsychology. Of or belonging to telæsthesia.
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1903 F. W. H. Myers Human Personality I. p. xlv, This may be done through..telæsthetic dreams or visions.
1903 Athenæum 28 Feb. 277/1 Examples of apparently clairvoyant, or telepathic, or telæsthetic cases.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2011).
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