Definition of sensory Sensory

/sɛˈnsɚi/ - [senseree] - sen•so•ry

We found 8 definitions of sensory from 5 different sources.

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What does sensory mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

sensory, sensorier, sensoriest

sensory - involving or derived from the senses; "sensory experience"; "sensory channels"
  sensorial
sensory - relating to or concerned in sensation; "the sensory cortex"; "sensory organs"
  sensational
sensory - of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system; "sensory neurons"
  centripetal, receptive
  afferent of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS; "afferent nerves"; "afferent impulses"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • sensory (a.)
    Of or pertaining to the sensorium or sensation; as, sensory impulses; -- especially applied to those nerves and nerve fibers which convey to a nerve center impulses resulting in sensation; also sometimes loosely employed in the sense of afferent, to indicate nerve fibers which convey impressions of any kind to a nerve center.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • sensory
    Pertaining to reception of stimuli through the senses of smell, sight, hearing, touch, and taste.

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  • sensory, adjective, not comparable.

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