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SENSING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Becoming aware of something via the senses
Synonyms:
perception; sensing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("sensing" is a kind of...):
sensory activity (activity intended to achieve a particular sensory result)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sensing"):
look; looking; looking at (the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually)
hearing; listening (the act of hearing attentively)
lipreading (perceiving what a person is saying by observing the movements of the lips)
taste; tasting (a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds)
smell; smelling (the act of perceiving the odor of something)
Derivation:
sense (perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The perception that something has occurred or some state exists
Example:
early detection can often lead to a cure
Synonyms:
detection; sensing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("sensing" is a kind of...):
perception (the process of perceiving)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb sense
Context examples:
Subtly and unaware she grew toward him and closer to him, while he, sensing the growing closeness, longed to dare but was afraid.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
An electronic sensing device designed to amplify low-energy light signals and convert them to electrical pulses.
(Photomultiplier Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
The answer to this mystery came from comparison of the survey results with high-resolution data collected in 2010 by Cassini’s heat-sensing instruments.
(101 Geysers on Icy Saturn Moon, NASA)
This allowed the researchers to turn on the heat-sensing neurons using a fiber-optic light.
(Brain cells that cool the body, NIH)
This manifests as sensing of non-cardiac depolarization signals that did not meet arrhythmia detection criteria and do not elicit programmed tachyarrhythmia therapy.
(Cardiac Device Oversensing without Shock or Anti-Tachycardia Pacing, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)
Ketamine blocks pathways to the brain that are involved in sensing pain.
(Ketamine, NCI Dictionary)
This manifests as sensing of non-cardiac depolarization signals that met arrhythmia detection criteria and elicited programmed tachyarrhythmia therapy.
(Cardiac Device Oversensing with Shock or Anti-Tachycardia Pacing, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)
Oversensing manifests as sensing of electrical signals not related to cardiac depolarization of the lead chamber that cannot be resolved acceptably by device reprogramming.
(Cardiac Device Oversensing, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)
Ketalar blocks pathways to the brain that are involved in sensing pain.
(Ketalar, NCI Dictionary)
Inhibiting the oxygen-sensing capability of immune cells, either genetically or pharmacologically, prevented lung metastasis.
(Oxygen can impair cancer immunotherapy in mice, NIH)
