perception
/pəˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/
noun
Meaning
The organisation, identification and interpretation of sensory information.
Conscious understanding of something.
Vision (ability)
Acuity
(cognition) That which is detected by the five senses; not necessarily understood (imagine looking through fog, trying to understand if you see a small dog or a cat); also that which is detected within consciousness as a thought, intuition, deduction, etc.
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