#sense_experience__senseexperience__sensation__sense_impression__senseimpression__sense_datum__sensedatum an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation; "a sensation of touch"
supertype: mental_object__MOB (dl) e.g., a percept, a sense datum
subtype: limen__threshold the smallest detectable sensation
subtype: absolute_threshold the lowest level of stimulation that a person can detect
subtype: pain_threshold the lowest intensity of stimulation at which pain is experienced; "some people have much higher pain thresholds than do other people"
subtype: difference_threshold__differential_threshold__difference_limen__differential_limen the smallest change in stimulation that a person can detect
subtype: just-noticeable_difference__jnd (psychophysics) the difference between two stimuli that (under properly controlled experimental conditions) is detected as often as it is undetected
subtype: masking the blocking of one sensation resulting from the presence of another sensation; "he studied auditory masking by pure tones"
subtype: visual_sensation__vision the perceptual experience of seeing; "the runners emerged from the trees into his clear vision"; "he had a visual sensation of intense light"
subtype: odor__smell__odour__olfactory_sensation__olfactorysensation__olfactory_perception__olfactoryperception the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses"
subtype: scent an odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced
subtype: musk the scent of musk
subtype: aroma__fragrance__perfume a distinctive odor that is pleasant
subtype: incense.aroma the pleasing scent produced when incense is burned; "incense filled the room"
subtype: malodor__malodour__stench__stink__reek__fetor__foetor a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
subtype: niff (British slang) an unpleasant smell
subtype: acridity__pungency having an acrid smell
subtype: taste_perception__tasteperception__taste__taste_sensation__tastesensation__gustatory_sensation__gustatorysensation__gustatory_perception__gustatoryperception the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus; "the candy left him with a bad taste"; "the melon had a delicious taste"
subtype: sapidity__relish__flavor__flavour__savor__savour__smack__tang the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
subtype: lemon.sapidity a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons
subtype: vanilla a distinctive fragrant flavor characteristic of vanilla beans
subtype: sweet__sweetness__sweetnes__sugarines the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
subtype: tartness__sour__sourness the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
subtype: acidulousness__acidulousnes the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth
subtype: bitter.taste_perception__bitterness the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
subtype: pungency__sharpness__sharpnes having a sharp bitter flavor
subtype: salinity__salt__saltiness the taste experience when salt is taken into the mouth
subtype: astringency__astringence a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker
subtype: finish.taste_perception (wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed); "the wine has a nutty flavor and a pleasant finish"
subtype: auditory_sensation__sound the subjective sensation of hearing something; "he strained to hear the faint sounds"
subtype: euphony__music any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds; "he fell asleep to the music of the wind chimes"
subtype: music_of_the_spheres an inaudible music that Pythagoras thought was produced by the celestial
subtype: music.auditory_sensation the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds)
subtype: piano_music__pianomusic the sound of music produced by a piano; "he thought he heard piano music next door"
subtype: pure_tone__tone a steady sound without overtones; "they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies"
subtype: harmonic a tone that is a component of a complex sound
subtype: fundamental_frequency__fundamentalfrequency__fundamental__first_harmonic__firstharmonic the lowest tone of a harmonic series
subtype: overtone.harmonic a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
subtype: noise.auditory_sensation__dissonance__racket the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me"
subtype: white_noise__whitenoise a `sh' noise produced by a stimulus containing all audible frequencies of vibration
subtype: synesthesia__synaesthesia a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated
subtype: chromesthesia__chromaesthesia a form of synesthesia in which nonvisual stimulation results in the experience of color sensations
subtype: colored_hearing__coloredhearing__colored_audition__coloredaudition a form of chromesthesia in which experiences of color accompany auditory stimuli
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