Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Cutaneous Perception(also: Cutaneous Sense, Cutaneous Feedback, Tactile Perception)
- The sensory experience derived from receptors beneath the surface of the skin that respond to temperature, pain, and pressure. In the context of assistive technology, cutaneous perception enables users to detect surface textures, raised patterns, and embossed details through…
- Cymatics
- The study of visible patterns and shapes created when sound vibrations pass through physical media such as water, sand, or metal plates. Cymatic patterns are deterministic — the same frequency produces the same pattern — creating a predictable visual representation of sound. In…
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