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sensing




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sensing
     1. n. The act of sensation.
sense
     1. n. Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
     2. n. Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
           a sense of security
     3. n. Sound practical or moral judgment.
           It's common sense not to put metal objects in a microwave oven.
     4. n. The meaning, reason, or value of something.
           You don’t make any sense.
           the true sense of words or phrases
     5. n. A natural appreciation or ability.
           A keen musical sense
     6. n. (pragmatics) The way that a referent is presented.
     7. n. (semantics) A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries for a word in a dictionary.
     8. n. (mathematics) One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity.
     9. n. (mathematics) One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.
     10. n. (biochemistry) referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product.
     11. v. To use biological senses: to either smell, watch, taste, hear or feel.
     12. v. To instinctively be aware.
           She immediately sensed her disdain.
     13. v. To comprehend.

Example Sentences

They look at each other, sensing something has happened, but they do not know what. 



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