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Sense of TastenounMWEthe faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouthverified
Sense of TouchnounMWEthe faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)verified
Sense OrgannounMWEan organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulationverified
Sense TaggernounMWEa tagging program whose labels indicate the meanings of words or expressionsverified
Sensing ElementnounMWEany device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive mannerverified
Sensitisationnoun(psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations)verified
Sensitisernoun(chemistry) a substance other than a catalyst that facilitates the start of a catalytic reactionverified
Sensitive Compartmented InformationnounMWEClassified information concerning or derived from intelligence sources, methods, or analytical processes, which is required to be handled within formal access control systems established by the Director of National Intelligence.DataRegulatedCUI
Sensitive Compartmented Information FacilitynounMWEAccredited area, room, or group of rooms, buildings, or installation where SCI may be stored, used, discussed, and/or processed.PhysicalRegulatedCUI
Sensitive customer informationnounMWEA customer’s name, address, or telephone number, in conjunction with the customer’s social security number, driver’s license number, account number, credit or debit card number, or personal identification number or password that would permit access to the customer’s account. Sensitive customer information also includes any combination of components of customer information that would allow someone to log into or access the customer’s account, such as user name and password or password and account number.DataRegulatedPII
sensitive datanounMWEInformation whose loss, misuse, unauthorized access to, modification, or destruction, could adversely affect the national interest or the conduct of federal programs, or privacy to which individuals are entitled, but which has not been specifically authorized to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy, etc.DataRegulatedCUI
Sensitive FernnounMWEbeautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europeverified
Sensitive InformationnounMWEInformation, the loss, misuse, or unauthorized access to or modification of, that could adversely affect the national interest or the conduct of federal programs, or the privacy to which individuals are entitled under 5 U.S.C. Section 552a (the Privacy Act), but that has not been specifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive Order or an Act of Congress to be kept classified in the interest of national defense or foreign policy. (Systems that are not national security systems, but contain sensitive information, are to be protected in accordance with the requirements of the Computer Security Act of 1987 [P.L.100-235].)DataRegulatedCUI
Sensitive PlantnounMWEsemi-climbing prickly evergreen shrub of tropical America having compound leaves sensitive to light and touchverified
Sensitivenessnounthe ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differencesverified
SensitivitynounA measure of the importance assigned to information by its owner, for the purpose of denoting its need for protection.Metric
Sensitivity AnalysisnounMWEA “what-if” type of analysis to determine the sensitivity of the outcomes to changes in parameters. If a small change in a parameter results in relatively large changes in the outcomes, the outcomes are said to be sensitive to that parameter.Process
Sensitivity LabelnounMWEInformation representing elements of the security label(s) of a subject and an object. Sensitivity labels are used by the trusted computing base (TCB) as the basis for mandatory access control decisions. See Security Label.DataRegulatedCUI
Sensitizationnoun(psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations)verified
Sensitizernoun(chemistry) a substance other than a catalyst that facilitates the start of a catalytic reactionverified
Sensitometernouna measuring instrument for measuring the light sensitivity of film over a range of exposuresverified
Sensornounany device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive mannerverified
Sensorimotor AreanounMWEan area of the cortex including the precentral gyrus and the postcentral gyrus and combining sensory and motor functionsverified
Sensorimotor RegionnounMWEan area of the cortex including the precentral gyrus and the postcentral gyrus and combining sensory and motor functionsverified
Sensoriumnounthe areas of the brain that process and register incoming sensory information and make possible the conscious awareness of the worldverified
Sensory AphasianounMWEaphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written wordsverified
Sensory DeprivationnounMWEa form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of all sensory inputverified
Sensory DigitizationnounMWEThe conversion of typically analog or human sensory perception (e.g., vision, speech) to a digital format useful for machine-to-human interaction or machine processing of traditionally analog sensory information [e.g., optical character recognition (OCR)].Process
Sensory HairnounMWEa long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a catverified
Sensory NervenounMWEa nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous systemverified
Sensory ReceptornounMWEan organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulationverified
Sensualismnoun(philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is goodverified
Sentimentalismnounthe excessive expression of tender feelings, nostalgia, or sadness in any formverified
Separation EnergynounMWEthe energy required to separate particles from a molecule or atom or nucleusverified
separation of dutynounMWEPractice of dividing steps in a function among different individuals, so as to keep a single individual from being able to subvert the process.Control
Separationistnounan advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union)verified
Separatornounan apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspensionverified
Septal DefectnounMWEa congenital abnormality in the septum between the left and right sides of the heartverified
Septectomynounsurgical removal of all or part of a septum (especially the nasal septum or atrial septum)verified
Septicaemianouninvasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infectionverified
Septicemianouninvasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infectionverified
Septicemic PlaguenounMWEan especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the plague in which infecting organisms invade the bloodstreamverified