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Meaning of 'sensory' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sensory [ a.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'sensory' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . sensory [ a]
Meaning (1):
- involving or derived from the senses
Example in sentence:
  • sensory channels;
  • sensory experience
Meaning (2):
- relating to or concerned in sensation
Example in sentence:
  • sensory organs;
  • the sensory cortex
3 . sensory [ s]
Meaning (3):
- of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system
Example in sentence:
  • sensory neurons

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