Se*noc"u*lar (?), a. [L. seni six each (fr. sex six) + oculus eye.]
Having six eyes. [R.] Derham.
Se*no"ni*an (?), a. [F. sénonien, from the district of Sénonais, in
France.] (Geol.) In european geology, a name given to the middle
division of the Upper Cretaceous formation.
||Se*ñor" (?), n. [Sp. Cf. Senior.] A Spanish title of courtesy
||corresponding to the English Mr. or Sir; also, a gentleman.
||Se*ño"ra (?), n. [Sp.] A Spanish title of courtesy given to a lady;
||Mrs.; Madam; also, a lady.
||Se`ño*ri"ta (?), n. [Sp.] A Spanish title of courtesy given to a
||young lady; Miss; also, a young lady.
Sens (?), adv. [See Since.] Since. [Obs.] Spenser.
Sen"sate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sensated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Sensating.] [See Sensated.] To feel or apprehend more or less
distinctly through a sense, or the senses; as, to sensate light, or an
odor.
As those of the one are sensated by the ear, so those of the other
are by the eye.
R. Hooke.
{ Sen"sate (?), Sen"sa*ted (?), } a. [L. sensatus gifted with sense,
intelligent, fr. sensus sense. See Sense.] Felt or apprehended through
a sense, or the senses. [R.] Baxter.
Sen*sa"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. sensation. See Sensate.] 1. (Physiol.) An
impression, or the consciousness of an impression, made upon the
central nervous organ, through the medium of a sensory or afferent
nerve or one of the organs of sense; a feeling, or state of
consciousness, whether agreeable or disagreeable, produced either by an
external object (stimulus), or by some change in the internal state of
the body.
Perception is only a special kind of knowledge, and sensation a
special kind of feeling. . . . Knowledge and feeling, perception
and sensation, though always coexistent, are always in the inverse
ratio of each other.
Sir W. Hamilton.
2. A purely spiritual or psychical affection; agreeable or disagreeable
feelings occasioned by objects that are not corporeal or material.