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==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], to [[touch]], test, taste, from Anglo-French taster, from Vulgar Latin *taxitare, frequentative of [[Latin]] taxare to [[touch]], [[feel]]
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]
==Definitions==
*1 : to become acquainted with by [[experience]] <has tasted the frustration of defeat>
*2 : to ascertain the [[flavor]] of by taking a little into the mouth
*3 : to eat or drink especially in small [[quantities]]
*4 : to [[perceive]] or [[recognize]] as if by the [[sense]] of taste
*5 archaic : [[appreciate]], [[enjoy]]
==Description==
'''Taste''' (or, more [[formally]], gustation; adjectival [[form]]: "gustatory") is a form of direct chemoreception and is one of the [[traditional]] five [[senses]]. It refers to the [[ability]] to detect the flavor of substances such as [[food]], certain minerals, and [[poisons]]. In [[humans]] and many other vertebrate [[animals]] the [[sense]] of taste [[partners]] with the less direct sense of [[smell]], in the [[brain]]'s [[perception]] of [[flavor]]. In the West, experts [[traditionally]] identified four taste sensations: sweet, salty, sour, and bitter. In the Eastern hemisphere, piquance (the sensation provided by, among other [[things]], chili peppers) and savoriness (also known as umami) have been traditionally identified as basic tastes as well. More recently, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychophysics psychophysicists] and [[neuroscientists]] have suggested other taste categories (fatty acid taste most prominently, as well as the sensation of metallic and [[water]] tastes, although the latter is commonly disregarded due to the [[phenomenon]] of taste adaptation. Taste is a [[sensory]] [[function]] of the central [[nervous system]]. The receptor [[cells]] for taste in [[humans]] are found on the [[surface]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue tongue[, along the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_palate soft palate], and in the epithelium of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharynx pharynx] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiglottis epiglottis].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taste]
==Quote==
''The [[taste]] designers''. And how can you be told of these artists! Faintly I might suggest that they are improvers of [[morontia]] taste, and they also endeavor to increase the [[appreciation]] of [[beauty]] through the sharpening of the [[evolving]] [[spirit]] [[senses]].[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_44_-_The_Celestial_Artisans#44:6._THE_DESIGNERS_AND_EMBELLISHERS]
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[[Category: Biology]]
==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], to [[touch]], test, taste, from Anglo-French taster, from Vulgar Latin *taxitare, frequentative of [[Latin]] taxare to [[touch]], [[feel]]
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]
==Definitions==
*1 : to become acquainted with by [[experience]] <has tasted the frustration of defeat>
*2 : to ascertain the [[flavor]] of by taking a little into the mouth
*3 : to eat or drink especially in small [[quantities]]
*4 : to [[perceive]] or [[recognize]] as if by the [[sense]] of taste
*5 archaic : [[appreciate]], [[enjoy]]
==Description==
'''Taste''' (or, more [[formally]], gustation; adjectival [[form]]: "gustatory") is a form of direct chemoreception and is one of the [[traditional]] five [[senses]]. It refers to the [[ability]] to detect the flavor of substances such as [[food]], certain minerals, and [[poisons]]. In [[humans]] and many other vertebrate [[animals]] the [[sense]] of taste [[partners]] with the less direct sense of [[smell]], in the [[brain]]'s [[perception]] of [[flavor]]. In the West, experts [[traditionally]] identified four taste sensations: sweet, salty, sour, and bitter. In the Eastern hemisphere, piquance (the sensation provided by, among other [[things]], chili peppers) and savoriness (also known as umami) have been traditionally identified as basic tastes as well. More recently, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychophysics psychophysicists] and [[neuroscientists]] have suggested other taste categories (fatty acid taste most prominently, as well as the sensation of metallic and [[water]] tastes, although the latter is commonly disregarded due to the [[phenomenon]] of taste adaptation. Taste is a [[sensory]] [[function]] of the central [[nervous system]]. The receptor [[cells]] for taste in [[humans]] are found on the [[surface]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue tongue[, along the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_palate soft palate], and in the epithelium of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharynx pharynx] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiglottis epiglottis].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taste]
==Quote==
''The [[taste]] designers''. And how can you be told of these artists! Faintly I might suggest that they are improvers of [[morontia]] taste, and they also endeavor to increase the [[appreciation]] of [[beauty]] through the sharpening of the [[evolving]] [[spirit]] [[senses]].[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_44_-_The_Celestial_Artisans#44:6._THE_DESIGNERS_AND_EMBELLISHERS]
[[Category: Chemistry]]
[[Category: Biology]]