Sense_modalityWordNet Explorer

a particular sense

the faculty through which the external world is apprehended

the ability to see; the visual faculty

any of the sensory systems that mediate sensations of pressure and tickle and warmth and cold and vibration and limb position and limb movement and pain

the ability to hear; the auditory faculty

the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth

the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents