SENSING
Dictionary entry overview: What does sensing mean?
• SENSING (noun)
The noun SENSING has 2 senses:
1. the perception that something has occurred or some state exists
2. becoming aware of something via the senses
Familiarity information: SENSING used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SENSING (noun)
Meaning:
The perception that something has occurred or some state exists
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
detection; sensing
Context example:
early detection can often lead to a cure
Hypernyms ("sensing" is a kind of...):
perception (the process of perceiving)
Meaning:
Becoming aware of something via the senses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
sensing; perception
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)
