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Look up: sense

  1. sense
    [n] - the meaning of a word or expression 2. [n] - a natural appreciation or ability 3. [n] - a general conscious awareness 4. [n] - the faculty through which the external world is apprehended 5. [v] - detect some circumstance or entity automatically, as of a machine or instrument 6. [v] - become aware of not through the senses but instinctively 7. [v] - comprehend
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. sense
    (human language) A meaning of a word. (2007-05-03)
    Found on http://foldoc.org/

  3. Sense
    Sense: In biology and medicine, the faculty of sensory reception. The ability to convey specific types of external or internal stimuli to the brain and perceive them. Sensory reception occurs through a process known as transduction in which stimuli are converted into nerve impulses which are relayed to the brain. This process may involve the specia ...
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  4. sense
    an output line used in a remote sensing connection to route the output voltage(at the load)back to the control feedback loop Category: Electrical engineering and energy • in a core storage device,the wire used to interrogate the storage locations by sending an appropriate pulse down the sense winding Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • fixed v...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  5. Sense
    Sense (sĕns) noun [ Latin sensus , from sentire , sensum , to perceive, to feel, from the same root as English send ; confer Old High German sin sense, mind, sinnan to go, to journey, German sinnen to meditate, to think: confer French sens . For the change of meaning confer See , transitive verb See ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/67

  6. Sense
    Sense transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Sensed ; present participle & verbal noun Sensing .] To perceive by the senses; to recognize. [ Obsolete or Colloq.] « Is he sure that objects are not otherwise sensed by others than they are by him?» Glanvill.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/67

  7. sense
    1. <physiology> A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the body, or of perceiving changes in the condition of the body; as, the senses of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch. See Muscular sense, under Muscular, and Temperature sense. 'Le ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  8. sense
    signified noun the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted; `the dictionary gave several senses for the word`; `in the best sense charity is really a duty`; `the signifier is linked to the signified`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. sense
    sentiency noun the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; `in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. Sense
    `Senses` are the physiological methods of perception. The senses and their operation, classification, and theory are overlapping topics studied by a variety of fields, most notably neuroscience, cognitive psychology (or cognitive science), and philosophy of perception. The nervous system has a sensory system dedicated to each sense.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense

  11. sense
    (sens) a faculty by which the conditions or properties of things are perceived. Five major senses were traditionally considered: vision, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. Numerous other senses have now been identified, such as equilibrium, hunger, thirst, malaise, and pain. All senses involve the reception of stimuli by...
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  12. Sense
    • (v. t.) One of two opposite directions in which a line, surface, or volume, may be supposed to be described by the motion of a point, line, or surface. • (v. t.) That which is felt or is held as a sentiment, view, or opinion; judgment; notion; opinion. • (v. t.) Sound perception and reasoning; correct judgment; good mental capacity...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  13. sense
    sense The five faculties which receive impressions through specific bodily organs and the nerves associated with them; such as, seeing, hearing, tasting, touching, and smelling.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  14. sense
    The faculty of perceiving any stimulus. [L. sentio, pp. sensus, to feel, to perceive]
    Found on

  15. sense
    1. a general conscious awareness
    2. the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted
    3. the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
    4. sound practical judgment
    5. a natural appreciation or ability

    Found on

  16. sense
    sense, faculty by which external or internal stimuli are conveyed to the brain centers, where they are registered as sensations. Sensory reception occurs in higher animals through a process known as transduction, in which stimuli are converted into nerve impulses and relayed to the brain. The four c...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08444


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