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1. (n.) sensation
perception or awareness of stimuli through the senses.
2. sensation
a mental condition or physical feeling resulting from stimulation of a sense organ or from internal bodily change, as cold or pain.
3. sensation
the faculty of perception of stimuli.
4. sensation
a general feeling not directly attributable to any given stimulus, as discomfort, anxiety, or doubt.
5. sensation
widespread excitement or interest:
The divorce caused a sensation.
6. sensation
a cause of such feeling or interest.
Etymology: (1605–15; < LL sēnsātiō understanding, idea = L sēns(us)sense+-ātiō -ation)
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| Definition of 'sensation' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) sensation, esthesis, aesthesis, sense experience, sense impression, sense datum
an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
"a sensation of touch"
2. (noun) ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz
someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
3. (noun) sensation
a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest
"anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear"
4. (noun) sensation
a state of widespread public excitement and interest
"the news caused a sensation"
5. (noun) sense, sensation, sentience, sentiency, sensory faculty
the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
"in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"
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1. (noun) sensation
a physical feeling
a burning sensation in my eyes
2. sensation
the ability of your body to feel
She has no sensation in her legs.
3. sensation
excitement about sth, or sb or sth that causes excitement
rumors of a UFO sighting that caused a sensation; She's the latest singing sensation.
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| Definition of 'sensation' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) sensation
an impression, or the consciousness of an impression, made upon the central nervous organ, through the medium of a sensory or afferent nerve or one of the organs of sense; a feeling, or state of consciousness, whether agreeable or disagreeable, produced either by an external object (stimulus), or by some change in the internal state of the body
2. (noun) sensation
a purely spiritual or psychical affection; agreeable or disagreeable feelings occasioned by objects that are not corporeal or material
3. (noun) sensation
a state of excited interest or feeling, or that which causes it
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. sensation
The process in which specialized SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS transduce peripheral stimuli (physical or chemical) into NERVE IMPULSES which are then transmitted to the various sensory centers in the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.
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Sense: the ability to feel through the sense of touch
Cold can cause a loss of sensation in the fingers and toes.
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 Afrikaans: gevoel |
 Arabic: إحْساس بواسِطَة اللمْس، ح |
 Bulgarian: усещане |
 Brazilian: sensação |
 Czech: cítění |
 German: die Empfindung |
 Danish: følesans |
 Greek: αίσθηση |
 Spanish: sensibildad |
 Estonian: kompimismeel |
 Farsi: حس |
 Finnish: tunto |
 French: sensation |
 Hebrew: תְּחוּשָׁה |
 Hindi: अनुभूति |
 Croatian: osjet |
 Hungarian: érzékelés |
 Indonesian: indera perasa |
 Icelandic: skynjun, tilfinning |
 Italian: sensibilità |
 Japanese: 感覚 |
 Korean: 감각 |
 Lithuanian: pojūtis, jutimas |
 Latvian: sajūta |
 Malay: deria rasa |
 Dutch: gevoel |
 Norwegian: følelse |
 Polish: czucie |
 Persian: حس |
 Pashto: احساس، حس: اغېزه: هيجان، |
 Portuguese: sensação |
 Romanian: senzaţie |
 Russian: чувствительность |
 Slovak: cit; vnem |
 Slovenian: občutek |
 Serbian: osećaj |
 Swedish: känsel |
 Thai: ความรู้สึกโดยการสัมผัส |
 Turkish: duygu, his |
 Taiwanese: 觸覺 |
 Ukrainian: відчуття |
 Urdu: حس، احساس |
 Vietnamese: cảm giác( về bên ngoài) |
 Chinese: 知觉 |
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