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Definition of Taste sensation
1. Noun. The sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus. "The melon had a delicious taste"
Generic synonyms: Aesthesis, Esthesis, Sensation, Sense Datum, Sense Experience, Sense Impression
Specialized synonyms: Flavor, Flavour, Nip, Relish, Sapidity, Savor, Savour, Smack, Tang, Sugariness, Sweet, Sweetness, Sour, Sourness, Tartness, Bitter, Bitterness, Salinity, Salt, Saltiness, Astringence, Astringency, Finish, Flatness, Mellowness
Derivative terms: Taste, Taste, Taste, Taste
Lexicographical Neighbors of Taste Sensation
Literary usage of Taste sensation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Text-book of Human Physiology: Including Histology and Microscopical Anatomy by Leonard Landois, Albert Philson Brubaker (1905)
"This is proved by the fact that the taste-sensation changes on the use of currents
of different tension, so that it is dependent upon the ions liberated by ..."
2. ... The Sense of Taste by Harry Levi Hollingworth, Albert Theodor Poffenberger (1917)
"Whether or not a given weak stimulus will provoke a taste sensation depends on
... The Threshold of taste sensation Numerous investigations have concerned ..."
3. ... The Sense of Taste by Harry Levi Hollingworth, Albert Theodor Poffenberger (1917)
"Whether or not a given weak stimulus will provoke a taste sensation depends on
... The Threshold of taste sensation Numerous investigations have concerned ..."
4. ... The Sense of Taste by Harry Levi Hollingworth, Albert Theodor Poffenberger (1917)
"Whether or not a given weak stimulus will provoke a taste sensation depends on
... The Threshold of taste sensation Numerous investigations have concerned ..."
5. An American Text-book of Physiology by William Henry Howell (1900)
"The fact that some papillae responded with only one form of taste-sensation is
again evidence in favor of the view that there are separate ..."
6. An American Text-book of Physiology by William Henry Howell (1900)
"That there are laws of contrast in taste-sensation has long been empirically known.
Thus, the taste of cheese enhances the flavor of wine, but sweets impair ..."
7. The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs by Albert Schneider (1921)
"Mucilaginous (quite generally designated as a taste sensation)— Slippery elm bark.
IV. Cooling refreshing (more generally spoken of as "sensations;" often ..."
8. Physiology: Experimental and Descriptive by Buel Preston Colton (1888)
"When the tongue is tapped, or a constant current is passed, a taste-sensation
arises in the brain. The taste-sensation takes some time for its development ..."
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