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Sensing   /sˈɛnsɪŋ/   Listen
Sensing

noun
1.
The perception that something has occurred or some state exists.  Synonym: detection.
2.
Becoming aware of something via the senses.  Synonym: perception.


Sense

verb
(past & past part. sensed; pres. part. sensing)
1.
Perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles.  Synonym: feel.  "She felt an object brushing her arm" , "He felt his flesh crawl" , "She felt the heat when she got out of the car"
2.
Detect some circumstance or entity automatically.  "Particle detectors sense ionization"
3.
Become aware of not through the senses but instinctively.  Synonyms: smell, smell out.  "I smell trouble" , "Smell out corruption"
4.
Comprehend.



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"Sensing" Quotes from Famous Books



... the jet cars streaming into the spaceport. He stopped and turned to look at them. Then, sensing something was wrong, he turned back to dash into the Polaris. The second his back was turned was sufficient time for Tom to grab the gun and fire. Vidac was stopped cold, his bright eyes burning with hate, ...
— The Space Pioneers • Carey Rockwell
... to vanish again behind the screen of spume. But it advanced shoreward, steadily. The body of the man was distinct—prone, motionless. The girls watched and waited in palpitant eagerness. The dog, sensing the tension of the moment, began to hasten to and fro, snuffing and whining. Suddenly, the two cried out in the same moment. They saw the raft floating fast and smoothly toward them on the crest of a breaker. They dashed forward, knee-deep, ...
— Heart of the Blue Ridge • Waldron Baily
... "Mado!" he called, sensing at once the possibilities of her discovery. They could make up Nazu to perfection. Mingling with the barbarians unsuspected, he might get possession ...
— Creatures of Vibration • Harl Vincent
... progressed I was more and more struck by the change in the O'Keefe. All flippancy was gone, rarely did his sense of humour reveal itself in any of his answers. He was like a cautious swordsman, fencing, guarding, studying his opponent; or rather, like a chess-player who keeps sensing some far-reaching purpose in the game: alert, contained, watchful. Always he stressed the power of our surface races, their ...
— The Moon Pool • A. Merritt
... some clearer sensing of things, I found myself abed in a room which was strange and yet strangely familiar. Barring a great oaken clothes-press in one corner, a raree-show of curious china on the shelves where the books should have been, and the face of an armored soldier staring down at me from ...
— The Master of Appleby • Francis Lynde


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