sensation

英[sen'seɪʃ(ə)n] 美[sɛn'seʃən]

1. an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation;

"a sensation of touch"

2. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

3. a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest;

"anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear"

4. a state of widespread public excitement and interest;

"the news caused a sensation"

5. the faculty through which the external world is apprehended;

"in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"