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tact Tact is the act of using gentle language and behaving in a sensitive manner when dealing with potentially controversial issues. An example of tact is when you gently and politely correct someone's error without embarrassing or angering the person or drawing attention to the error. Archaic the sense of touch.
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Joint Publication 1 Tactical Control TACON is a command relationship that gives a commander authority over assigned or attached forces or commands, or military capability or forces made available for tasking, that is limited to the detailed, and, usually, local direction and control of movements or maneuvers necessary to accomplish missions or tasks assigned.
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tact Definition of tact 1: a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense 2: sensitive mental or aesthetic perception
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- tactile - definition and synonyms. What are red words? 90% of the time, speakers of English use just 7,500 words in speech and writing. These words appear in red, and are graded with stars. One-star words are frequent, two-star words are more frequent, and three-star words are the most frequent.
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Tacet Tacet is Latin for it is silent. It is a musical term to indicate that an instrument or voice does not sound. In vocal polyphony and in orchestral scores, it usually indicates a long period of time, typically an entire movement. In more modern music such as jazz, tacet tends to mark considerably shorter breaks.
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- tact (tækt ) uncountable noun. Tact is the ability to avoid upsetting or offending people by being careful not to say or do things that would hurt their feelings. On this occasion the press have not been intrusive and they have shown great tact. ...helping to smooth over problems with great tact and efficiency.
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- Definition of BRACT. 1. : a leaf from the axil of which a flower or floral axis arises. 2. : a leaf borne on a floral axis; especially: one subtending a flower or flower cluster. — brac·te·al \ˈbrak-tē-əl\ adjective. — brac·te·ate \-tē-ət, -ˌāt\ adjective. — bract·ed \-təd\ adjective. See bract defined for kids.
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InternetSlang.comThe slang word / acronym / abbreviation TA TA is Thank you TA Definition / TA Means: The definition of TA is Thank you The Meaning of TA: TA means Thank you So now you know - TA means Thank you - don't thank us. YW! What does TA mean? TA is an acronym, abbreviation or slang word that is explained above where the TA definition is given.
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Definition of 'tat' Definition of 'tat'. tat. You can use tat to refer to ornaments, used goods, cheap clothes, or other items which you think are cheap and of bad quality. ...souvenir shops selling an astounding variety of tat.
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- Definition. The thematic apperception test (TAT) is a projective personality test that was designed at Harvard in the 1930s by Christiana D. Morgan and Henry A. Murray. Along with the MMPI and the Rorschach, the TAT is one of the most widely used psychological tests.he TAT consists of 31 pictures that depict a variety of social and interpersonal situations. The subject is asked to tell a story about each picture to the examiner. Of the 31 pictures, 10 are gender-specific while 21 others can be used with adults of either sex and with children.
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Tactile signing Tactile signing is also contained within a smaller space than is typical in visual sign language. Signs that touch the body may be moved forward into a more neutral space. Other signs which are usually produced in an 'out of range' location (such as the leg) may be modified (either spelled or a variant sign used).
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Tactile Learning Definition & the Tactile Learning Style Hands On Science. The Tactile Learning Definition means learning through touching or feeling. If your child has a Tactile Learning Style, he learns best using hands-on activities, touching, textures, fine motor movement, and activities like those listed on our “21 Teaching Activities for Tactile Learners” page. Tactile learning happens when learning comes through the sense of touch.
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Death Star Firepower The Death Star is capable of destroying any inhabitable planet in the galaxy, blasting it into rubble and hurling the rubble into space at fantastic speeds. This is one of the central defining events of the Star Wars trilogy.
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Definitions &Translations artefact, artifact [ˈɑːtɪˌfækt] n. 1  something made or given shape by man, such as a tool or a work of art, esp an object of archaeological interest. 2  anything man-made, such as a spurious experimental result.
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- The congregation at sea formed a very poor opinion of the discernment of the Established Church. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) George Jacob Holyoake. Tact is skill in touching; nice perception or discernment in dealing with others.
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- Therapeutic Touch. Definition. Therapeutic touch, or TT, is a noninvasive method of healing that was derived from an ancient laying—on of hands technique. In TT, the practitioner alters the patient's energy field through an energy transfer that moves from the hands of the practitioner to the patient.
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- Of the more than 15,000 new monthly work-from-home job postings on Odesk.com, Web developers are in the greatest demand, says spokeswoman Elizabeth Gordon. A list of companies that post at-home tech jobs is available at ratracerebellion.com. 5.
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- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) is a projective psychological test. Proponents of the technique assert that subjects' responses, in the narratives they make up about ambiguous pictures of people, reveal their underlying motives, concerns, and the way they see the social world.istory [edit]. The TAT was developed during the 1930s by the American psychologist Henry A. Murray and lay psychoanalyst Christiana D. Morgan at the Harvard Clinic at Harvard University. Anecdotally, the idea for the TAT emerged from a question asked by one of Murray's undergraduate students, Cecilia Roberts.
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- Contribute to our Open Dictionary. 1  1. concerning the sense of touch a tactile sensation. 2  2. a tactile person likes to touch other people a lot, for example when talking to them Synonyms and related words.
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Tact and Diplomacy Developing effective tact and diplomacy skills requires practice and good judgement. These skills are not limited to use in formal communications, such as in the workplace: tact and diplomacy are also important when developing and maintaining friendships, romantic relationships and relationships in the family.
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touch Definition of touch. 1  transitive verb. 2  1 : to bring a bodily part into contact with especially so as to perceive through the tactile sense : handle or feel gently usually with the intent to understand or appreciate loved to touch the soft silk. 3  2 : to strike or push lightly especially with the hand or foot or an implement.
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Definition of 'tact' Definition of 'tact'. tact (tækt ) Tact is the ability to avoid upsetting or offending people by being careful not to say or do things that would hurt their feelings. On this occasion the press have not been intrusive and they have shown great tact. ...helping to smooth over problems with great tact and efficiency.
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Tact and Diplomacy Assertiveness: The reason for using tact and diplomacy is very often to persuade or influence others to think or behave in a certain way. Assertiveness is fundamental to this process and a skill that many people lack. We have a whole section on assertiveness for you to explore, see Assertiveness Techniques for more.
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Tip of the tongue effect Tip of the tongue effect. The tip of the tongue (TOT or Tot or Presque vu) is a metacognitive phenomenon, an instance of knowing something that cannot immediately be recalled. TOT is an experience with memory recollection involving difficulty retrieving a well-known word or familiar name.
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- Tit for tat (or tit-for-tat) is an English saying dating to 1556, from tip for tap, meaning blow for blow, i.e., retaliation in kind—or more broadly, an equivalent to an action given in return. It has related meanings and use as a concept in biology, social psychology, business, as well as in the mathematical area of game theory.
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- Tangible; perceptible to the sense of touch. Used for feeling. Of or relating to the sense of touch. H. N. Martin The delicacy of the tactile sense varies on different parts of the skin; it is greatest on the forehead, temples and back of the forearm.