perception

noun

1. 1

   The organisation, identification and interpretation of sensory information.

2. 2

   Conscious understanding of something.

3. 3

   Vision (ability)

4. 4

   Acuity

5. 5

   (cognition) That which is detected by the five senses; not necessarily understood (imagine looking through fog, trying to understand if you see a small dog or a cat); also that which is detected within consciousness as a thought, intuition, deduction, etc.