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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
Words nearby muscle sense
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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. WoodworthMuscle 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
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