1. Noun
The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect; apperhension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented to them; discernment; apperhension; cognition.
2. Noun
The faculty of perceiving; the faculty, or peculiar part, of man's constitution by which he has knowledge through the medium or instrumentality of the bodily organs; the act of apperhending material objects or qualities through the senses; -- distinguished from conception.
3. Noun
The quality, state, or capability, of being affected by something external; sensation; sensibility.
4. Noun
An idea; a notion.
5. Noun
How the brain makes sense of what the senses detect.
The organisation and interpretation of sensory information to form an understanding of the environment.
“Context influenced visual perception.”
6. Noun
the process of perceiving
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7. Noun
knowledge gained by perceiving; "a man admired for the depth of his perception"
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8. Noun
the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept
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