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noun Psychology, Physiology.
a sense of movement derived from afferent nerves originating in tendons, muscle tissue, skin, and joints; proprioception.
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Origin of muscle sense

First recorded in 1890–95
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How to use muscle sense in a sentence

  • It is known that the rat makes little use of the sense of sight in learning the maze, guiding himself mostly by the muscle sense.

    Psychology|Robert S. Woodworth
  • Muscle sense and the equilibrium sense, if present at all, must be in a very imperfect condition at first.

    Physiology|Ernest G. Martin

British Dictionary definitions for muscle sense

muscle sense

noun
another name for kinaesthesia
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