from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun The supposed ability to perceive events and information by means other than the physical senses.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun The ISO 3166-1 three-letter (alpha-3) code for Spain.
initialism parapsychologyextrasensory perception
abbreviation automotive Electronic Stability Program
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses
noun apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[e(xtra)s(ensory) p(erception).]
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word ESP.
Examples
KING: James Randi, before we take phone calls, I had the honor of interviewing D.. J.D. Rhine of D.ke, the inventor of the term ESP extrasensory perception, psychic phenomenon and the like.
1892 - Dr Paul Joire, a French researcher used the term ESP to describe the ability of a person who had been hypnotised or was in a trance-like state to sense things without using ordinary senses.
Article Source: ArticlesBase. com – The Wild Streak in ESP Guitars for head-to-head fantasy, would you trade rip hamilton, kirk hinrich, brad miller, and nenad krstic for …? for dirk nowitzki, jeff foster, and alonzo mourning and theo ratliff? considering … statwise who would be winning?
* I've always been very interested in ESP and other purportedly paranormal abilities - particularly the less anecdotal information, i.e., as they can be observed and measured in a laboratory.
Microsoft and Lockheed Martin have announced a deal to license the software titan's simulation software -- dubbed "ESP" -- for use in the aerospace firm's battle training simulations.
While ESP is probably the best approach to this, it’s still somewhat problematic for a couple of reasons, namely that ESP itself can be detected and blocked.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.