Definitions for sensation
sɛnˈseɪ ʃənsen·sa·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sensation, esthesis, aesthesis, sense experience, sense impression, sense datumnoun

   an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation

   "a sensation of touch"

2. ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiznoun

   someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

3. sensationnoun

   a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest

   "anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear"

4. sensationnoun

   a state of widespread public excitement and interest

   "the news caused a sensation"

5. sense, sensation, sentience, sentiency, sensory facultynoun

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. sensationnoun

   A physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed.

2. sensationnoun

   A widespread reaction of interest or excitement.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sensationnoun

   Perception by means of the senses.

   Etymology: sensation, French; sensatio, school Latin.

   Diversity of constitution, or other circumstances, vary the sensations; and to them of Java pepper is cold. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps.

   The brain, distempered by a cold, beating against the root of the auditory nerve, and protracted to the tympanum, causes the sensation of noise. Gideon Harvey, on Consumptions.

   This great source of most of the ideas we have, depending wholly upon our senses, and derived by them to the understanding, I call sensation. John Locke.

   When we are asleep, joy and sorrow give us more vigorous sensations of pain or pleasure than at any other time. Addison.

   The happiest, upon a fair estimate, have stronger sensations of pain than pleasure. John Rogers.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sensation

   Sensation is the initial process of detecting and perceiving information from the physical world around us through our five senses - sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste. It involves the conversion of energy from the environment into neural signals which can be interpreted by the brain. This detection of stimuli is the first step in the overall process of perception.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.5 / 2 votes

1. Sensationnoun

   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. Sensationnoun

   a purely spiritual or psychical affection; agreeable or disagreeable feelings occasioned by objects that are not corporeal or material

3. Sensationnoun

   a state of excited interest or feeling, or that which causes it

FreebaseRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Sensation

   Sensation is the fiction-writing mode for portraying a character's perception of the senses. According to Ron Rozelle, “. . .the success of your story or novel will depend on many things, but the most crucial is your ability to bring your reader into it. And that reader will be most completely in when you deliver the actual sensations of the many things that comprise your story”. As stated by Jessica Page Morrell, “You breathe life into fiction by translating the senses onto the page, producing stories rooted in the physical world . . . that creates a tapestry, a galaxy of interwoven sensory ingredients.” Also according to Rozelle, “The sensation of what something feels like is used to describe everything from sensual pleasure to pain and torture. It’s a wide range, and your readers have actually experienced only some of those feelings. So your job is to either make them recall exactly what it feels like when something occurs in your story or, if they haven’t experienced it, what it would feel like if they did”. Morrell describes a “sensory surround,” which when “coupled with drama tugs the reader into [the] story and forces him to keep reading.”

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sensation

   sen-sā′shun, n. perception by the senses: the change in consciousness which results from the transmission of nervous impulses to the brain, feeling excited by external objects, by the state of the body, or by immaterial objects: a state of excited feeling.—adjs. Sen′sāte, -d, perceived by the senses; Sensā′tional, pertaining to sensation: having sensation: intended as a literary work to excite violent emotions: adhering to a philosophical sensationalism.—ns. Sensā′tionalism, the doctrine that our ideas originate solely in sensation, and that there are no innate ideas: sensualism: sensational writing; Sensā′tionalist, a believer in sensationalism: a sensational writer.—adj. Sensātionalist′ic.—adv. Sensā′tionally.—adjs. Sen′sative; Sensatō′rial, pertaining to sensation.—Sensation novels, novels that deal in violent effects, strained emotion, and usually improbable situations.

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

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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British National Corpus

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   Rank popularity for the word 'sensation' in Nouns Frequency: #1932

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sensation in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sensation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of sensation in a Sentence

1. Abinash Virk:

   The physician in India who is familiar with leprosy would see a patch and quickly do a test for a loss of sensation. Here, you wouldn't even test for loss of sensation, because it's not that common to see.

2. Yeonmi Park:

   I didn't even see the movie yet, but it will be a really big sensation in North Korea if they see that movie.

3. John Updike:

   It seems to me the book has not just aesthetic values-- the charming little clothy box of the thing, the smell of the glue, even the print, which has its own beauty. But there's something about the sensation of ink on paper that is in some sense a thing, a phenomenon rather than an epiphenomenon. I can't break the association of electric trash with the computer screen. Words on the screen give the sense of being just another passing electronic wriggle.

4. Pope Francis:

   I have the feeling that my pontificate will be brief - four or five years, even two or three. Two have already passed. It's a somewhat strange sensation, i feel that the Lord has placed me here for a short time.

5. Josh Billings:

   Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.

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