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English Dictionary: Sensory by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Sensory
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sensory
adj
  1. of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system; "sensory neurons"
    Synonym(s): centripetal, receptive, sensory(a)
  2. involving or derived from the senses; "sensory experience"; "sensory channels"
    Synonym(s): sensory, sensorial
    Antonym(s): extrasensory, paranormal
  3. relating to or concerned in sensation; "the sensory cortex"; "sensory organs"
    Synonym(s): sensational, sensory
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
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