- the operation or function of the senses; perception or awareness of stimuli through the senses.
- a mental condition or physical feeling resulting from stimulation of a sense organ or from internal bodily change, as cold or pain.
- the faculty of perception of stimuli.
- a general feeling not directly attributable to any given stimulus, as discomfort, anxiety, or doubt.
- a mental feeling, especially a state of excited feeling.
- a state of excited feeling or interest caused among a number of persons or throughout a community, as by some rumor or occurrence.
- a cause of such feeling or interest: The new Brazilian movie was the sensation of the film festival.
- the power of perceiving through the senses
- a physical condition or experience resulting from the stimulation of one of the sense organs
- a general feeling or awareness
- a state of widespread public excitement
- anything that causes such a state
