Sensation

n.	1.	(Physiol.) An impression, or the consciousness of an impression, made upon the central nervous organ, through the medium of a sensory or afferent nerve or one of the organs of sense; a feeling, or state of consciousness, whether agreeable or disagreeable, produced either by an external object (stimulus), or by some change in the internal state of the body. Perception is only a special kind of knowledge, and sensation a special kind of feeling. . . . Knowledge and feeling, perception and sensation, though always coexistent, are always in the inverse ratio of each other. - Sir W. Hamilton.
	2.	A purely spiritual or psychical affection; agreeable or disagreeable feelings occasioned by objects that are not corporeal or material.
	3.	A state of excited interest or feeling, or that which causes it. The sensation caused by the appearance of that work is still remembered by many. - Brougham.

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

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