sentics

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Definition of sentics

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noun

(uncountable)The study of waveforms of touch, emotion, and music.

“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 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.”
“A science called sentics is based on the ability of sound and music to induce different states of consciousness.”

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noun

(uncountable)The study of waveforms of touch, emotion, and music.

“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 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.”
“A science called sentics is based on the ability of sound and music to induce different states of consciousness.”
(uncountable)Common affective patterns associated with natural language concepts exploited for tasks such as emotion recognition from text/speech or sentiment analysis.

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

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