sensing

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sensing¹

  • /ˈsɛnsɪŋ/

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of sense

noun sensings

  1. The act of sensation. Second, the list of kinds of sensings that Socrates gave was thought to be an odd one. It included pleasures, pains, desires, and fears, as well as the more familiar examples of sight, hearing, smell, and the sensings of cold and of heat.

Sensing²

Where it comes from

Altered form of Saintsing.

proper noun Sensings

  1. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: perceiving, perception, detection, sensitive, feeling, detected, detecting, identification, discovery, discover, warning, detect, collector, law, scanning, screening

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Chicago

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@misc{sensing_2026,
  title = {sensing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sensing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}