sensing
Perceiving through awareness
Sensing is perceiving through the senses or detecting by other means.
Sensors do sensing—a motion detector sensing movement, a thermostat sensing temperature.
People sense things too: I'm sensing some tension here.
Sensing often implies awareness without direct evidence, closer to intuition than observation.
Ability to see
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
- tasteFlavor perception ability
- smellOlfactory perception
- touchPerceiving through physical contact
sight · sound · texture · scent · flavor · tactile · olfactory · gustatory
State of sentient awareness
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- alertnessActive mental awareness
- vigilanceState of keen awareness
- attunementHarmonious receptive connection
perception · recognition · discernment · cognizance · apprehension · wakefulness · presence · receptivity
Unproven inner sense
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- inklingSlight, uncertain awareness
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
impression · vibe · feeling · intuit · perceive · divine · psychic · clairvoyance
Device that senses
- radarRadio-wave object detection
- sonarUnderwater detection by echoes
- infraredHeat-bearing electromagnetic waves
- scannerDevice that reads data
antenna · transducer · probe · monitoring · surveillance · tracking · signal · biometrics
Adjusting for measurement accuracy
- instrumentationDesign of measuring devices
- gaugeStandard of measurement
- probeThorough examination or tool
- readoutDisplayed recorded data
sampling · precision · resolution · telemetry · biosensing · electrochemical · spectroscopy · thermometer
vision
Ability to see
touch · sight · sound · texture · scent · flavor · tactile · olfactory · gustatory · auditory
consciousness
State of sentient awareness
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- alertnessActive mental awareness
- vigilanceState of keen awareness
attunement · perception · recognition · discernment · cognizance · apprehension · wakefulness · presence · receptivity · openness
hunch
Unproven inner sense
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- inklingSlight, uncertain awareness
foreboding · impression · vibe · feeling · intuit · perceive · divine · psychic · clairvoyance · telepathy
detector
Device that senses
- radarRadio-wave object detection
- sonarUnderwater detection by echoes
- infraredHeat-bearing electromagnetic waves
scanner · antenna · transducer · probe · monitoring · surveillance · tracking · signal · biometrics · fingerprint
calibration
Adjusting for measurement accuracy
- instrumentationDesign of measuring devices
- gaugeStandard of measurement
- probeThorough examination or tool
readout · sampling · precision · resolution · telemetry · biosensing · electrochemical · spectroscopy · thermometer · barometer
- personalitypersonality, trait, temperament, traits, character
- instinctsinstinct, survival instinct, survival instincts, maternal instinct, gut instinct
- divinationdivination, fortune telling, fortune-telling, fortune teller, tarot
- situational awarenessalertness, vigilance, observation, attention, focus
- predationstalking, pursuit, pouncing, attack, killing
- microbial ecologymicrobiome, microbiota, biofilm, symbiosis, mutualism
sensingmissing
Not present, whereabouts unknown
ignoring · overlooking · unseeing · imperceptive · unperceiving
sensingintuiting
Knowing without evidence
intuition · abstract thinking · pattern recognition · intuitive · theorizing
sensingignoring
Deliberately not noticing
disregarding · tuning out · neglecting · blocking out · dismissing
- sensitive skinEasily irritated epidermis
- sensitive teethTeeth that hurt easily
- case sensitiveUppercase and lowercase differ
- time sensitiveRequiring prompt action
- sensitive informationData requiring protection from disclosure
- sensible shoes
sensitive, sensible, sensitivity, insensitive, nonsensical, sensibility, desensitize, sensitize, sensitization