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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness;
- Example: "the crash intruded on his awareness"
[syn: awareness, sentience]

2. the faculty through which the external world is apprehended;
- Example: "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"
[syn: sense, sensation, sentience, sentiency, sensory faculty]

3. the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness;
- Example: "gave sentience to slugs and newts"- Richard Eberhart



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sentience \Sen"ti*ence\, Sentiency \Sen"ti*en*cy\, n. [See
   Sentient, Sentence.]
   The quality or state of being sentient; esp., the quality or
   state of having sensation. --G. H. Lewes.
   [1913 Webster]

         An example of harmonious action between the
         intelligence and the sentiency of the mind. --Earle.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sentience
    n 1: state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; "the
         crash intruded on his awareness" [syn: awareness,
         sentience]
    2: 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" [syn: sense, sensation, sentience,
       sentiency, sensory faculty]
    3: the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or
       undifferentiated consciousness; "gave sentience to slugs and
       newts"- Richard Eberhart [ant: insentience]