sensation

1. 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. 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. is a type of: stir - emotional agitation and excitement
4. is a type of: excitation, excitement, fervor, fervour, inflammation - the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up
5. 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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