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  1. The meaning of SENSATION is a mental process (such as seeing, hearing, or smelling) resulting from the immediate external stimulation of a sense organ often as distinguished from a conscious awareness of the sensory process. How to use sensation in a sentence.

  2. a feeling in your body resulting from something that happens or is done to it, or the ability to feel as the result of touch: [ C ] He felt a sinking sensation in the pit of his stomach. [ U ] This part of your body doesn’t have a lot of sensation.

  3. a mental condition or physical feeling resulting from stimulation of a sense organ or from internal bodily change, as cold or pain. Physiology. the faculty of perception of stimuli. a general feeling not directly attributable to any given stimulus, as discomfort, anxiety, or doubt.

  4. a feeling in your body resulting from something that happens or is done to it, or the ability to feel as the result of touch: [ C ] He felt a sinking sensation in the pit of his stomach. [ U ] This part of your body doesn’t have a lot of sensation.

  5. Sensation, in neurology and psychology, any concrete, conscious experience resulting from stimulation of a specific sense organ, sensory nerve, or sensory area in the brain. The word is used in a more general sense to indicate the whole class of such experiences.

  6. A sensation is something from your senses. If you lose sensation in your feet, they are numb and it's time for you to get up and move around to restore blood flow. You can call something a sensation if it is wonderful and astonishing.

  7. Sensation is your ability to feel things physically, especially through your sense of touch. The pain was so bad that she lost all sensation. ...nerve damage which can lead to loss of sensation in the limbs.

  8. [countable, usually singular] a general feeling or impression that is difficult to explain; an experience or a memory He had the eerie sensation of being watched. When I arrived, I had the sensation that she had been expecting me.

  9. sensation. noun. /senˈseɪʃn/. /senˈseɪʃn/. [countable] a feeling that you get when something affects your body. a tingling/burning sensation. I had a sensation of falling, as if in a dream. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.

  10. The power or process of receiving conscious sense impressions through direct stimulation of the bodily organism. An immediate reaction to external stimulation of a sense organ; conscious feeling or sense impression. A sensation of cold. The faculty to feel or perceive; physical sensibility.

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