sensing perception | becoming aware of something via the senses |
tastebud taste bud gustatory organ | an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue |
taste cell gustatory cell | an epithelial cell in a taste bud that activates sensory fibers of the facial nerve or the glossopharyngeal nerve or the vagus nerve |
taste gustation sense of taste gustatory modality | the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth, his cold deprived him of his sense of taste |
perception | the process of perceiving |
perception | knowledge gained by perceiving, a man admired for the depth of his perception |
visual perception beholding seeing | perception by means of the eyes |
auditory perception sound perception | the perception of sound as a meaningful phenomenon |
speech perception | the auditory perception (and comprehension) of speech |
musical perception | the auditory perception of musical sounds |
smell odor odour olfactory sensation olfactory perception | the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form, she loved the smell of roses |
taste taste sensation gustatory sensation taste perception gustatory perception | the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus, the candy left him with a bad taste, the melon had a delicious taste |
tactual sensation tactility touch perception skin perceptiveness | the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain |
perception | a way of conceiving something, Luther had a new perception of the Bible |
percept perception perceptual experience | the representation of what is perceived, basic component in the formation of a concept |
clairvoyance second sight extrasensory perception E.S.P. ESP | apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses |
gustatory gustative gustatorial | of or relating to gustation |