sensation

1. An unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation (synset 105720023)
   "a sensation of touch"
   is a type of: perception - the process of perceiving
   subtypes:

   • limen, threshold - the smallest detectable sensation
   • masking - the blocking of one sensation resulting from the presence of another sensation
   • vision, visual sensation - the perceptual experience of seeing
   • odor, odour, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smell - the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
   • gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste, taste perception, taste sensation - the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
   • auditory sensation, sound - the subjective sensation of hearing something
   • synaesthesia, synesthesia - a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated
   same as: aesthesis, esthesis, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression
2. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field (synset 109781932)
   is a type of: expert - a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully
   subtypes: track star - a star runner
   same as: ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard
3. A general feeling of excitement and heightened interest (synset 107530021)
   "anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear"
   is a type of: stir - emotional agitation and excitement
4. A state of widespread public excitement and interest (synset 114060962)
   "the news caused a sensation"
   is a type of: excitation, excitement, fervor, fervour, inflammation - the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up
5. The faculty through which the external world is apprehended (synset 105659816)
   "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"
   is a type of: faculty, mental faculty, module - one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
   subtypes:

   • modality, sense modality, sensory system - a particular sense
   • sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity - (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
   same as: sense, sensory faculty, sentience, sentiency

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