Definitions for sensory
ˈsɛn sə ri; sɛnˈsɔr i əl, -ˈsoʊr-sen·so·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. centripetal, receptive, sensory(a)adjective

   of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system

   "sensory neurons"

2. sensory, sensorialadjective

   involving or derived from the senses

   "sensory experience"; "sensory channels"

3. sensational, sensoryadjective

   relating to or concerned in sensation

   "the sensory cortex"; "sensory organs"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sensoryadjective

   Of the senses or sensation.

2. Etymology: From sentire.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SENSORIUM, SENSORYnoun

   Etymology: Latin.

   1. The part where the senses transmit their perceptions to the mind; the seat of sense.

   Spiritual species, both visible and audible, will work upon the sensories, though they move not any other body. Francis Bacon.

   As sound in a bell or musical string, or other sounding body, is nothing but a trembling motion, and the air nothing but that motion propagated from the object, in the sensorium ’tis a sense of that motion under the form of sound. Newton.

   Is not the sensory of animals the place to which the sensitive substance is present, and into which the sensible species of things are carried through the nerves of the brain, that there they may be perceived by their immediate presence to that substance? Isaac Newton, Opt.

   2. Organ of sensation.

   That we all have double sensories, two eyes, two ears, is an effectual confutation of this atheistical sophism. Richard Bentley.

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1. sensory

   Sensory refers to anything relating to the senses or sensation - sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell. It involves the process of receiving information through these senses and the response of the nerves, neural pathways, and the brain to these stimuli. Sensory can also refer to the ability to detect or feel, perceive or experience sensations.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sensoryadjective

   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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1. sensory

   Relating to the senses.

   The sensory neurons were functioning efficiently.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 8, 2020  

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sensory

   relating to or having a sense function.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sensory in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sensory in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of sensory in a Sentence

1. Attorney Robert Driscoll:

   These inmates are locked up and enclosed in a steel door cage the size of a parking space, deprived of any meaningful human contact or sensory stimulation for 22 hours a day, every day, with no release date in sight.

2. Barry Komisaruk:

   Nipple stimulation activates the same sensory brain region as clitoral, vaginal, and cervical stimulation.

3. Wendy Ross:

   When you go into a hospital or a health care setting, sometimes there's a lot of noise and chaos. When our patients come in, we provide them with noise-canceling headphones, little fidgets, if they get a little restless or anxious... and special seating, to help prevent them from being overwhelmed by the sensory situation around them, we're really providing autism-friendly health care.

4. Robert Melillo:

   If you get a child who has really strong left brain and delayed right brain, those are kids that may be labeled with attentional problems or behavioral problems or social issues, the easiest way to get their brain to become coordinated is by making their body coordinated, so a large part of what we're doing is this sensory motor interaction, building their muscle tone, building their strength, building their body spatial awareness.

5. Oscar Auliq-Ice:

   Poetry often emphasizes the beauty of language and the sound of words. The use of rhyme, rhythm, and figurative language can create a sensory experience that goes beyond mere information or prose. This aesthetic appeal can captivate and engage readers or listeners.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sensory
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sensory
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=sensory
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sensory
6. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=sensory