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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
prehension/prɪˈhɛnʃ(ə)n/

▶noun

1 Zoology & Psychology the action of grasping or seizing.

2 Philosophy an interaction of a subject with an event or entity which involves perception but not necessarily cognition.

– origin C19: from L. prehensio(n-), from prehendere ‘to grasp’.

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