1a physical feeling or perception resulting from something that happens to or comes into contact with the body:a burning sensation in the middle of the chest
[mass noun] the capacity to have physical sensations:they had lost sensation in one or both forearms
an inexplicable awareness or impression: [with clause]:she had the eerie sensation that she was being watched
2a widespread reaction of interest and excitement:his arrest for poisoning caused a sensation
a person, object, or event that arouses widespread interest and excitement:she was a sensation, the talk of the evening
