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: a state of excited interest or feeling. their elopement caused a sensation. b. : a cause of such excitement. the show was the musical sensation of the season. especially : one (such as a person) in some respect exceptional or outstanding.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Humans have various sensory organs (i.e. eyes, ears, skin, nose, and mouth) that correspond to a respective visual system (sense of vision), auditory system (sense of hearing), somatosensory system (sense of touch), olfactory system (sense of smell), and gustatory system (sense of taste).
A sensation is a type of feeling, picked up by one of the five senses. Peppercorns will give you the sensation of a million tiny pinpricks on your tongue. 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.
SENSATION meaning: 1 : a particular feeling or effect that your body experiences; 2 : a particular feeling or experience that may not have a real cause.
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.
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.
