Capacity of mind, especially to understand principles, truths, facts or meanings, acquire knowledge, and apply it to practice; the ability to comprehend and learn.
The quality of making use or having made use of such capacities: depth of understanding, mental quickness.
Information, often secret, about an enemy or about hostile activities.
A political or military department, agency or unit designed to gather information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.
An entity that has such capacities.
Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity.
A natural appreciation or ability.
The way that a referent is presented.
The meaning, reason, or value of something.
A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries for a word in a dictionary.
Sound practical or moral judgment.
Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product.
One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.
Any particular meaning of a word, among its various meanings.
To instinctively be aware.
To comprehend.
To use biological senses: to either see, hear, smell, taste, or feel.