Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - sensation

~ n 1 the ability to feel, especially through your sense of touch  (Jerry realized with alarm that he had no sensation in his legs.) 2 a feeling that you get from one of your five senses, especially the sense of touch  (a tingling sensation in the skin) + of  (a strange sensation of weightlessness) 3 a feeling that is hard to describe, caused by a particular event, experience, or memory  (sensation (that))  (The fog gave me the strange sensation that I was alone in the world.) 4 a sensation extreme excitement or interest, or someone or something that causes this  (News of their engagement created a great sensation.)