sensation

noun

1. an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation"a sensation of touch"
2. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
3. a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest"anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear"
4. a state of widespread public excitement and interest"the news caused a sensation"
5. 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"