Sensation - Definition

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]