Touch (disambiguation)

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For the sense of touch, see:

• Somatosensory system, for the neurophysiological basis of touch
• Haptic perception, for the ability to recognize objects through touch
• Haptic communication, for the study of human touching behaviour
• Haptic, for haptic technology
• Tactition, for the perception of pressure

In geometry and mathematics:

• Touching refers to the tangency of lines and curves

In music:

• Touch (60s band), a rock group
• Touch (band), a 70s rock band
• Touch (girl group), first name of Spice Girls
• Touch (album), a 1983 album by New Wave duo Eurythmics
• Touch (Laura Branigan album), a 1987 album by Laura Branigan
• Touch (Sarah McLachlan album), the 1988 debut album of Sarah McLachlan
• Touch (song), a single by Canadian rock band The Tea Party
• Touch (Amerie album), a 2005 album by R&B singer Amerie
  • Touch (Amerie song), a 2005 single by R&B singer Amerie
• Touch (Omarion song), a song by singer Omarion
• Touch (Supremes album), a 1971 album by Motown group The Supremes
• Touch Music or Touch Records, an electronic music record label, the main branch of the Touch company (UK)
• Touch FM, a group of commercial radio stations in the UK
• Touch, a 1988 album by Australian hard rock band Noiseworks
• Touch (Mike Anthony song), a song heard from Noah's Arc
• The Touch, an urban adult contemporary format distributed by ABC Radio Networks.

In fiction:

• Touch (manga), a 1980s Japanese manga and anime series
• Touch , a 1987 novel by Elmore Leonard
  • Touch (film), a film by Paul Schrader, after the novel by Elmore Leonard

In dance:

• Touch, a ballet by David Parsons

In sports:

• Touch-line, the line on either side of the playing area of some football games
• Touch (rugby), the area outside the 2 touch-lines in Rugby Union or Rugby League
  • Touch judge, an official who monitors the touch-line (side-line) in a game of Rugby Union or Rugby League
• Touch Football/Touch Rugby, the popular team sport based on Rugby League.

Other:

• iPod touch, a portable media player from Apple, Inc.
• Touch (typing), typing without using the sense of sight to find the keys.
• touch (Unix), a classic computer program on Unix and Unix-like operating systems
• The Touch River, a river of southwestern France that flows into the Garonne River
• The Touch! Generations brand of Nintendo DS video games, often referred to as Touch! games.