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Noun sensation has 5 senses

sensation, sense experience, sense impression, sense datum - an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation; "a sensation of touch"
--₁ is a kind of perception
--₁ has particulars:

threshold, limen; masking; vision, visual sensation; smell, odor, odour, olfactory sensation, olfactory perception; taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception; sound, auditory sensation; synesthesia, synaesthesia

Derived form: verb sense₁

ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz - someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
--₂ is a kind of expert
--₂ has particulars: track star
sensation - a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest; "anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear"
--₃ is a kind of stir
sensation - a state of widespread public excitement and interest; "the news caused a sensation"
--₄ is a kind of excitement, excitation, inflammation, fervor, fervour
sense, sensation, sentience, sentiency, sensory faculty - 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"
--₅ is a kind of faculty, mental faculty, module
--₅ has particulars:
modality, sense modality, sensory system; sensitivity, sensitiveness, sensibility

Derived form: verb sense₁