Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Mechanoreceptor(also: Tactile Receptor, Touch Receptor)
- A sensory receptor in the skin that responds to mechanical pressure or distortion, enabling the sense of touch. Different types of mechanoreceptors detect various tactile qualities: Meissner corpuscles sense light touch and low-frequency vibration (10-65 Hz), Pacinian corpuscles…
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