sensory Definition
sen·sory (sen′sər ē)
adjective
- of the senses or sensation
- connected with the reception and transmission of sense impressions
Etymology: sens(e) + -ory
sensory Synonyms
sensory
modif.
Neurological
sensible, relating to sensation, relating to the senses, neural, conscious, afferent, receptive, sensatory, acoustic, auditory, aural, auricular, sonic, phonic, audio-visual, visual, ocular, optic, ophthalmic, olfactory, olfactive, gustatory, gustative, lingual, glossal, tactile, tactual; see also sensitive 3.Conveyed by the senses
audible, perceptible, discernible, auricular, distinct, clear, plain, hearable; see also obvious 1, 2, tangible.
sensory Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- impairment: People with sensory impairments, eg people who have sight loss, a hearing loss, or perhaps both.
- modality: How do the different sensory modalities interact in order to provide a unique perception of the world?
- neuron: The dorsal horns are where sensory neurons enter the spinal cord.
- stimulation: The Rainbow Room gives children of all needs the chance of sensory stimulation or alternatively a relaxed environment in which to relax.
- overload: The sensory overload will keep them quiet for hours.
- neuron: Sensory neurones: Nerve cells within the nervous system responsible for converting external stimuli from the organism's environment into internal electrical impulses.
Modifying Another Word
- purely: There is evidently no change in the purely sensory experience, i.e. , in the sensory stimulus to the organism.
- truly: Feast your eyes on the stunning color display that gives you a truly sensory experience with the video playback feature.
- not: Artaud's criterion of spectacle is sensory violence, not sensory enchantment; beauty is a notion he never entertains.
- especially: The attitude of people with other impairments, especially sensory, is often depressed.
- predominantly: A predominantly sensory peripheral polyneuropathy has been observed in patients receiving long-term phenytoin therapy.
- down: The former is the condition when the mechanism by which the brain damps down sensory input is not working properly.
Noun used with modifier
control: Daniel Wolpert: Probabilistic mechanisms in sensorimotor control Sensory and motor uncertainty form fundamental constraints on human sensorimotor control.
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