sensation

an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation; "a sensation of touch"

someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

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"

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"