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Semesters
- noun - half a year; a period of 6 months
- one of two divisions of an academic year
Semestral
- adjective - occurring every six months or during every period of six months
Semiotics
- noun - (philosophy) a philosophical theory of the functions of signs and symbols
Sensation
- noun -
- a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest; "anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear"
- a state of widespread public excitement and interest; "the news caused a sensation"
- an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation; "a sensation of touch"
- 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"
Sensitise
- verb - cause to sense; make sensitive; "She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society"; "My tongue became sensitized to good wine"
- make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion; "sensitize the photographic film"
- make sensitive or aware; "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs"
- make sensitive to a drug or allergen; "Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen"
Sensitive
- adjective - able to feel or perceive; "even amoeba are sensible creatures"; "the more sensible parts of the skin"
- being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others; "sensitive to the local community and its needs"
- hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw"
- of or pertaining to classified information or matters affecting national security
- responsive to physical stimuli; "a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"; "a sensitive voltmeter"; "sensitive skin"; "sensitive to light"
- someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead; "he consulted several mediums"
Sensitize
- verb - cause to sense; make sensitive; "She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society"; "My tongue became sensitized to good wine"
- make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion; "sensitize the photographic film"
- make sensitive or aware; "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs"
- make sensitive to a drug or allergen; "Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen"
Septation
- noun - the division or partitioning of a cavity into parts by a septum