Definition of perception

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Perception (n.) The quality, state, or capability, of being affected by something external; sensation; sensibility..

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Illation :: Illation (n.) The act or process of inferring from premises or reasons; perception of the connection between ideas; that which is inferred; inference; deduction; conclusion.
Animadversion :: Animadversion (n.) The act or power of perceiving or taking notice; direct or simple perception.
Meet :: Meet (v. t.) To come into the presence of without contact; to come close to; to intercept; to come within the perception, influence, or recognition of; as, to meet a train at a junction; to meet carriages or persons in the street; to meet friends at a party; sweet sounds met the ear..
Consciousness :: Consciousness (n.) Immediate knowledge or perception of the presence of any object, state, or sensation. See the Note under Attention..
Cognition :: Cognition (v. t.) The act of knowing; knowledge; perception.
Gleg :: Gleg (a.) Quick of perception; alert; sharp.
Acuteness :: Acuteness (n.) The faculty of nice discernment or perception; acumen; keenness; sharpness; sensitiveness; -- applied to the senses, or the understanding. By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions: by acuteness of intellect, we discern nice distinctions..
Sensible :: Sensible (a.) Perceiving or having perception, either by the senses or the mind; cognizant; perceiving so clearly as to be convinced; satisfied; persuaded..
Snuff :: Snuff (n.) The act of snuffing; perception by snuffing; a sniff.
Aesthesis :: Aesthesis (n.) Sensuous perception.
Realism :: Realism (n.) As opposed to idealism, the doctrine that in sense perception there is an immediate cognition of the external object, and our knowledge of it is not mediate and representative..
Sentient :: Sentient (n.) One who has the faculty of perception; a sentient being.
Omnipercipiency :: Omnipercipiency (n.) Perception of everything.
Leucoscope :: Leucoscope (n.) An instrument, devised by Professor Helmholtz, for testing the color perception of the eye, or for comparing different lights, as to their constituent colors or their relative whiteness..
Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Of keen perception; quick to discern or distinguish; having nice discrimination; acute; penetrating; sagacious; clever; as, a sharp eye; sharp sight, hearing, or judgment..
Sentient :: Sentient (a.) Having a faculty, or faculties, of sensation and perception. Specif. (Physiol.), especially sensitive; as, the sentient extremities of nerves, which terminate in the various organs or tissues..
Apperception :: Apperception (n.) The mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states; perception that reflects upon itself; sometimes, intensified or energetic perception..
Sight :: Sight (v. t.) The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land..
Nostril :: Nostril (n.) Perception; insight; acuteness.
Presension :: Presension (n.) Previous perception.
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