telæsthetic, a.
(tɛlɪsˈθɛtɪk, -ɪsˈθɛtɪk)
[f. as prec. + æsthetic.]
1. Having physical perception of things at a distance.
| 1890 C. L. Morgan Anim. 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. Psychics. Of or belonging to telæsthesia.
| 1903 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. |