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Sensing   /sˈɛnsɪŋ/   Listen
Sensing

noun
1.
The perception that something has occurred or some state exists.  Synonym: detection.
2.
Becoming aware of something via the senses.  Synonym: perception.


Sense

verb
(past & past part. sensed; pres. part. sensing)
1.
Perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles.  Synonym: feel.  "She felt an object brushing her arm" , "He felt his flesh crawl" , "She felt the heat when she got out of the car"
2.
Detect some circumstance or entity automatically.  "Particle detectors sense ionization"
3.
Become aware of not through the senses but instinctively.  Synonyms: smell, smell out.  "I smell trouble" , "Smell out corruption"
4.
Comprehend.



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"Sensing" Quotes from Famous Books



... dreamy, subtle, unpractical, and yet with their marvellous spiritual gift, their intuition (also since the dawn of history) and conviction of another plane of being than that in which we mostly move, and their occasional power of distinctly sensing that plane and acting on its indications. Think of their ancient religious philosophy—their doctrine of world-unity—absolutely foundational and inexpugnable, the corner-stone of all metaphysics, science, and politics, and of the latest most modern democracy; and still realized and ...
— The Healing of Nations and the Hidden Sources of Their Strife • Edward Carpenter
... the palms of his soiled gloves; the suggestion they offered did not improve his temper. He ripped them from his hands. "What the mischief ails 'em, down here? They're all more or less slippery, Daunt! I've been sensing it all the evening! I feel as if I'd been ...
— All-Wool Morrison • Holman Day
... that distinctly-cowboy vernacular, Macdonald sprang back to regain the shelter of his walls, sensing too late the trap that the cowboy's unguarded word had betrayed. Chance Dalton at one corner of the rude bungalow, his next best man at the other, had been waiting for the decoy at the gate to draw Macdonald away from his door. Now, as the homesteader leaped back in sudden alarm, ...
— The Rustler of Wind River • G. W. Ogden
... few moments, the girl stirred, then sensing that someone was in the room, she awoke with a start, and sprang to ...
— Dorian • Nephi Anderson
... The mare, sensing the change of her master through that weird telegraphy which passed down the taut bridle reins, held her head high and flattened her short ears ...
— Riders of the Silences • John Frederick


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