sensation (noun)
111luminous flux — noun the rate of flow of light energy • Hypernyms: ↑radiant flux * * * noun : radiant flux in the visible wavelength range usually expressed in lumens instead of watts called also light flux * * * Optics. the rate of transmission of luminous… …
112pins and needles — noun a sharp tingling sensation from lack of circulation • Hypernyms: ↑prickling, ↑tingle, ↑tingling * * * noun [noncount] : the unpleasant tingling feeling in a part of your body (such as your arm or leg) as it becomes numb or recovers from… …
113white light — noun 1. : light that has the same spectral energy distribution as unobstructed noon sunlight and is approximately the same as that of a blackbody radiator at 6000° C 2. : light that to the normal eye matches the color of noon sunlight although it …
114sensationalism — noun Date: 1846 1. empiricism that limits experience as a source of knowledge to sensation or sense perceptions 2. the use or effect of sensational subject matter or treatment • sensationalist adjective or noun • sensationalistic adjective …
115death — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ early, premature, untimely ▪ The president s untimely death has thrown the country into chaos. ▪ sudden, unexpected ▪ immediate …
116pain — noun 1 physical pain ADJECTIVE ▪ acute, agonizing, awful, blinding, excruciating, extreme, great, immense, intense, severe …
117taste — noun 1》 the sensation of flavour perceived in the mouth on contact with a substance. ↘the faculty of perceiving this. 2》 a small portion of food or drink taken as a sample. 3》 a brief experience of something. 4》 a person s liking for… …
118absolute threshold — noun the lowest level of stimulation that a person can detect • Hypernyms: ↑threshold, ↑limen • Hyponyms: ↑pain threshold * * * noun : the smallest magnitude at which a sensory stimulus can reliably evoke a sensation …
119butyl nitrite — noun a colorless pungent liquid sometimes used as a stimulant drug by drug abusers • Syn: ↑isobutyl nitrite • Hypernyms: ↑vasodilator, ↑vasodilative, ↑stimulant, ↑stimulant drug, ↑excitant * * * noun …
120caudal anesthesia — noun regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the caudal end of the spinal canal; now largely replaced by epidural anesthesia • Syn: ↑caudal anaesthesia, ↑caudal block • Hypernyms: ↑regional anesthesia, ↑regional… …
