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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While the spectrum encompasses a wildly diverse range of behaviors, skills and communication styles, its core traits center on differences in social communication and sensory processing.
From Los Angeles Times
Cognitive scientists have investigated whether the brain itself is Bayesian—a probabilistic inference engine, perpetually recalibrating, merging incoming sensory data with past experience.
The government wants to achieve this by making schools more inclusive - such as by having more sensory spaces and earlier access to specialists like speech and language therapists.
From BBC
In the video, the snake flicks its tongue, a common sensory behavior used to detect chemical cues in the air and identify nearby prey or potential predators.
From Los Angeles Times
Cleaning becomes less of a chore and more of a small, sensory pleasure—something I don’t mind returning to, night after night.
From Salon
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