[syn: sensational, sensory]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sensory \Sen"so*ry\, n.; pl. Sensories. (Physiol.)
Same as Sensorium.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sensory \Sen"so*ry\, a. (Physiol.)
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sensory
adj 1: of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and
passing toward the central nervous system; "sensory
neurons" [syn: centripetal, receptive, sensory(a)]
2: involving or derived from the senses; "sensory experience";
"sensory channels" [syn: sensory, sensorial] [ant:
extrasensory, paranormal]
3: relating to or concerned in sensation; "the sensory cortex";
"sensory organs" [syn: sensational, sensory]