five wits

five sensory modalities traditionally taught: hearing, sight, smell, taste, feel
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five wits

Summary

five wits is a pentad[1]. It draws 66 Wikipedia views per month (pentad category, ranking #8 of 17).[2]

Key Facts

  • five wits's instance of is recorded as pentad[3].
  • five wits is a type of perception set[4].
  • five wits is a type of pentad[5].
  • five wits is a type of perception set[6].
  • five wits's Commons category is recorded as Five senses[7].
  • five wits comprises hearing[8].
  • five wits comprises visual perception[9].
  • five wits comprises sense of smell[10].
  • five wits comprises taste[11].
  • five wits comprises haptic perception[12].
  • five wits's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • five wits's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • five wits's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • five wits's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].

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Definition and Type

five wits's instance of is recorded as pentad[3]. Recorded subclass of include perception set[4] and pentad[5].

Use and Application

Components include hearing[8], a sense[17]; visual perception[9], a biological process[18]; sense of smell[10], a sense[19]; taste[11], a sense[20]; and haptic perception[12], a sense[21].

Influence

Things named for five wits include Five Senses of Eros[22], a film[23], directed by Hur Jin-ho[24].

Why It Matters

five wits draws 66 Wikipedia views per month (pentad category, ranking #8 of 17).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Entities named for it include Five Senses of Eros[22], a film[23], directed by Hur Jin-ho[24].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [22] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Subclass of perception set, pentad, perception set
    Described by source Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, New Encyclopedic Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary +1
    Aliases
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8590]]: 13428, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167484354|THE FIVE SENSES (#167484354)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedi"
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