adjective
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of or relating to the senses or the power of sensation
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of or relating to those processes and structures within an organism that receive stimuli from the environment and convey them to the brain
Other Word Forms
- intersensory adjective
- multisensory adjective
- nonsensorial adjective
- nonsensory adjective
- unsensory adjective
Etymology
Origin of sensory
Example Sentences
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Her fiction, so alive to sensory experience and the interior struggles of the mind and heart, helped extend the literary tradition of Virginia Woolf, a modernist whom Welty deeply admired.
The group, which described its latest offering as "a blend of technological form and sensory flavour", said the snack is a collaboration with 7-Eleven which began selling them in their convenience stores this week.
From Barron's
What lingers in the mind is much simpler—small sensory cues that quietly tell your body, you’re welcome here.
From Salon
These overstimulated immune cells then move toward the dorsal root ganglia -- the sensory nerve hubs that link the limbs to the spinal cord -- and release inflammatory compounds that irritate and damage nerves.
From Science Daily
Promising ones go before what the company calls “sensory panels” of consumers to taste test.
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