an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation; a sensation of touch

[ Syn: esthesis , aesthesis , sense experience , sense impression , sense datum ]

someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

[ Syn: ace , adept , champion , maven , mavin , virtuoso , genius , hotshot , star , superstar , whiz , whizz , wizard , wiz ]

a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest; anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear'

a state of widespread public excitement and interest; the news caused a sensation'

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

[ Syn: sense , sentience , sentiency , sensory faculty ]