sensing

Meanings

• Noun

  The ability to perceive or detect sensory information through the senses.

  - "The dog's keen sensing of smell helped it find the lost child."
  - "The artist's sensing of color was crucial in creating the masterpiece."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with sensing
sensing , densing , hensing , mensings , hensing

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Variants

List of all variants of sensing that leads to same result
sense , sensed , senses , sensing , quorum sensing , remote sensing

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Etymology

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From Old French 'sentir' meaning 'to feel' or 'perceive'.

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Trivia

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1. The human nose can detect over 1 trillion different smells.

2. The word 'sensing' appears 12 times in the novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee.

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Related Concepts

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1. Perception: The process of interpreting and organizing sensory information in order to understand and navigate the environment.

2. Senses: The five primary ways humans perceive the world: sight, touch, taste, smell, and hearing.

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Quotes

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1. With very little provocation, magic might have been flying back and forth in an unpleasant and damaging manner. "Sensing" the danger, Kate stepped between them and raised her hands. "Let us have no more of this. There is a confusion to be cleared up, and I cannot do that in the middle of a brannigan," she said.

   - John Morressy,{it}Fantasy & Science Fiction{/it},October/November 2004

2. In Pecnik, he had instantly "sensed" a kindred spirit. As a boy Pecnik had strapped homemade parachutes to hamsters and tossed them (without harm) from his sixth-story bedroom window; by the time he joined the Croatian national team he was making his own jumpsuits.

   - William Speed Weed,{it}Popular Science{/it},July 2003

3. The latest feature on air conditioners is a big new plug to help prevent fires. The plug shuts down power when it "senses" that the air conditioner cord is damaged.

   - {it}Consumer Reports{/it},July 2005

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Culture

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Sensing plays a significant role in literature and art, where it is often used to convey emotions and sensory experiences.

How to Memorize "sensing"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a person touching a hot stove to sense its heat.
   - Visualize the color red to associate with the sense of smell when sensing a rose.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'sensing' with the word 'perception'.
   - Think of the word 'senses' when you encounter the word 'sensing'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Senses Make Me Smile' to remember the five senses: Sight, Sound, Taste, Touch, and Smell.

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