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Sense
A sense is a physiological capacity of organisms that provides data for 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 specific sensory nervous system, and a sense organ, or sensor, dedicated to each sense.
Humans have a multitude of sensors. Sight (vision), hearing (audition), taste (gustation), smell (olfaction), and touch (somatosensation) are the five traditionally recognized senses. The ability to detect other stimuli beyond those governed by these most broadly recognized senses also exists, and these sensory modalities include temperature (thermoception), kinesthetic sense (proprioception), pain (nociception), balance (equilibrioception), vibration (mechanoreception), and various internal stimuli (e.g. the different chemoreceptors for detecting salt and carbon dioxide concentrations in the blood, or sense of hunger and sense of thirst). However, what constitutes a sense is a matter of some debate, leading to difficulties in defining what exactly a distinct sense is, and where the borders between responses to related stimuli lie.
Other animals also have receptors to sense the world around them, with degrees of capability varying greatly between species. Humans have a comparatively weak sense of smell and a stronger sense of sight relative to many other mammals while some animals may lack one or more of the traditional five senses. Some animals may also intake and interpret sensory stimuli in very different ways. Some species of animals are able to sense the world in a way that humans cannot, with some species able to sense electrical and magnetic fields, and detect water pressure and currents.
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Since (adverb)
From a specified time in the past.
“I met him last year, but haven’t seen him since.”
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Since (preposition)
From: referring to a period of time ending in the present and defining it by the point in time at which it started, or the period in which its starting point occurred.
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Since (preposition)
Continuously during that period of time.
“I have known her since last year.”
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Sense (noun)
Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
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Sense (noun)
Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
“a sense of security”
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Sense (noun)
Sound practical or moral judgment.
“It’s common sense not to put metal objects in a microwave oven.”
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Sense (noun)
The meaning, reason, or value of something.
“You don’t make any sense.”
“the true sense of words or phrases”
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Sense (noun)
A natural appreciation or ability.
“A keen musical sense”
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Sense (noun)
The way that a referent is presented.
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Sense (noun)
A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries for a word in a dictionary.
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Sense (noun)
One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity.
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Sense (noun)
One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.
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Sense (noun)
referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product.
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Sense (verb)
To use biological senses: to either smell, watch, taste, hear or feel.
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Sense (verb)
To instinctively be aware.
“She immediately sensed her disdain.”
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Sense (verb)
To comprehend.
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Sense (noun)
a faculty by which the body perceives an external stimulus; one of the faculties of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch
“the bear has a keen sense of smell which enables it to hunt at dusk”
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Sense (noun)
a feeling that something is the case
“she had the sense of being a political outsider”
“you can improve your general health and sense of well-being”
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Sense (noun)
a keen intuitive awareness of or sensitivity to the presence or importance of something
“she had a fine sense of comic timing”
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Sense (noun)
a sane and realistic attitude to situations and problems
“he earned respect by the good sense he showed at meetings”
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Sense (noun)
a reasonable or comprehensible rationale
“I can’t see the sense in leaving all the work to you”
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Sense (noun)
a way in which an expression or a situation can be interpreted; a meaning
“it is not clear which sense of the word ‘characters’ is intended in this passage”
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Sense (noun)
a property (e.g. direction of motion) distinguishing a pair of objects, quantities, effects, etc. which differ only in that each is the reverse of the other
“the cord does not become straight, but forms a length of helix in the opposite sense”
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Sense (noun)
relating to or denoting a coding sequence of nucleotides, complementary to an antisense sequence.
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Sense (verb)
perceive by a sense or senses
“with the first frost, they could sense a change in the days”
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Sense (verb)
be aware of (something) without being able to define exactly how one knows
“he could sense that he wasn’t liked”
“she could sense her father’s anger rising”
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Sense (verb)
(of a machine or similar device) detect
“an optical fibre senses a current flowing in a conductor”