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1. (adj.) sensory
of or pertaining to the senses or sensation.
2. sensory
of or noting a physiological structure for receiving or conveying an external stimulus.
Etymology: (1620–30)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) centripetal, receptive, sensory(a)
of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system
"sensory neurons"
2. (adj) sensory, sensorial
involving or derived from the senses
"sensory experience"; "sensory channels"
3. (adj) sensational, sensory
relating to or concerned in sensation
"the sensory cortex"; "sensory organs"
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1. (adj) sensory
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
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