extrasensory perception

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

extrasensory perception
    n 1: apparent power to perceive things that are not present to
         the senses [syn: {clairvoyance}, {second sight},
         {extrasensory perception}, {E.S.P.}, {ESP}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

extrasensory perception \extrasensory perception\ n.
   the ability to perceive or gain information about external
   facts or events by means other than the senses.

   Note: the existence of such an ability, as well as other
         parapsychologial phenomena, is widely disbelieved among
         scientists, and no demonstration of the phenomenon
         satisfyng rigorous standards of scientific proof has
         been reported.
         [PJC]