prehension

Meanings

Plural: prehensions

Noun

• the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
• The act of grasping or gripping, especially with the hands.
• According to Alfred North Whitehead, a type of universally acting perception that is not limited to living, self-conscious beings, and which involves an interconnectedness of the observer and the observed.

Synonyms

grasping, seizing, taking hold

Related Words

apprehension, prehensile, prehensive