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Meaning of sensation

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  sensation
      n 1: an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation; "a
           sensation of touch" [syn: {sensation}, {esthesis},
           {aesthesis}, {sense experience}, {sense impression}, {sense
           datum}]
      2: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [syn: {ace},
         {adept}, {champion}, {sensation}, {maven}, {mavin},
         {virtuoso}, {genius}, {hotshot}, {star}, {superstar}, {whiz},
         {whizz}, {wizard}, {wiz}]
      3: a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest;
         "anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between
         hope and fear"
      4: a state of widespread public excitement and interest; "the
         news caused a sensation"
      5: 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}, {sensation}, {sentience},
         {sentiency}, {sensory faculty}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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