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sentics

sentics noun: the study of waveforms of touch, emotion, and music.

Noun

sentics (uncountable)

  1. The study of waveforms of touch, emotion, and music.
    • Prof. Clynes is a published poet and author of five books. He coined the word "cyborg". He also coined the word "sentics" to describe a new science entirely of his own devising.1991 Timothy K. Smith "Manfred Clynes Sees A Pattern in Love -- He's Got the Printouts" in The Wall Street Journal, September 24, front page
    • A science called sentics is based on the ability of sound and music to induce different states of consciousness.2005, Francesca McCartney, C. Norman, Body of Health: The New Science of Intuition Medicine for Energy and Balance, New World Library, →ISBN
  2. Common affective patterns associated with natural language concepts exploited for tasks such as emotion recognition from text/speech or sentiment analysis.

Origin of sentics

From Latin sentiō + -ics. Instigated and named by Austrian neuroscientist Manfred Clynes.

Words formed from sentics

Questions about sentics

What does sentics mean?
Sentics means the study of waveforms of touch, emotion, and music.
What part of speech is sentics?
Sentics is a noun.

Words near sentics in the dictionary

  1. senteur
  2. Senthang
  3. senti
  4. sentic
  5. senticous
  6. sentics
  7. sentience
  8. sentiences
  9. sentiencies
  10. sentiency
  11. sentienda

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