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Any of the faculties by which stimuli from outside or inside the body are received and felt, as the faculties of hearing, sight, smell, touch, taste, and equilibrium.
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A perception or feeling produced by a stimulus; sensation: a sense of fatigue and hunger.
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The faculties of sensation as means of providing physical gratification and pleasure.
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An intuitive or acquired perception or ability to estimate: a sense of diplomatic timing.
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A capacity to appreciate or understand: a keen sense of humor.
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American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.