OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 18328

sensation

/sɛnˈseɪʃən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
sensación
A physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed.
Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile; he could not…
Confining ourselves, for the moment, to sensations, we find that there are different degrees of publicity attaching to different sorts of sensations. If you feel a toothache when t…
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