Full Definition of SENSATION. 1. a: a mental process (as seeing, hearing, or smelling) resulting from the immediate external stimulation of a sense organ often as distinguished from a conscious awareness of the sensory process â compare perception b: awareness (as of heat or pain) due to stimulation of a sense organ.
Making the world better, one answer at a time. The first modern bungee jumps took place on April 1st, 1979. They were done from the 250-foot Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, by members of the Oxford University Dangerous Sports Club. 1 person found this useful.
Barbara McClintock's World Discovering Jumping Genes. For the first half of the 20th century, genes were seen as objects with fixed positions on the chromosomes. However, in the 1950s, Barbara McClintock showed that certain DNA fragments, termed transposons, can be activated to jump from one position on a chromosome to another.