SENTIENCY

sense, sensation, sentience, sentiency, sensory faculty

(noun) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

sentiency (countable and uncountable, plural sentiencies)

The property of having sensation; sentience.

An example of harmonious action between the intelligence and the sentiency of the mind.

Source: Wiktionary


Sen"ti*ence, Sen"ti*en*cy, n. Etym: [See Sentient, Sentence.]

Definition: The quality or state of being sentient; esp., the quality or state of having sensation. G. H. Lewes An example of harmonious action between the intelligence and the sentieny of the mind. Earle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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5 July 2024

FENESTRATION

(noun) surgical procedure that creates a new fenestra to the cochlea in order to restore hearing lost because of osteosclerosis


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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