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sensory

UK
/ˈsɛn.sər.i/
US
/ˈsɛn.sɚ.i/
sensoryadjective
more sensory
Comp.
most sensory
Super.
UK
/ˈsɛn.sər.i/
US
/ˈsɛn.sɚ.i/
Translations
The device has a sensory interface that responds to touch.
Устройство имеет сенсорный интерфейс, который реагирует на прикосновение.
The sensory experience of the concert was overwhelming.
Чувствительный опыт концерта был ошеломляющим.
Definitions
Relating to sensation or the physical senses; transmitted or perceived by the senses.
The sensory experience of the concert was overwhelming, with lights, sounds, and vibrations all around.
Of or relating to the nerves and pathways that convey sensory information, as opposed to motor information.
Sensory neurons carry signals from the skin to the spinal cord.
Synonyms
sensual
sensation-based
sensitive
aesthetic
perceptual
sensorynoun
sensories
pl
Rare/technical noun use in anatomy and biology.
Definitions
A sense organ, sensory nerve cell, or (rarely) a bodily sense itself.
The earthworm’s sensories are distributed along its body.
Synonyms
sensor
sense organ
sensory receptor
receptor
sensory nerve
afferent nerve
sensorynoun
sensories
pl
UK
/ˈsɛnsəri/
US
/ˈsɛnsəri/
Rare/archaic; refers to a sense organ or the faculty of sensation.
Definitions
A sense organ, sensory receptor, or the faculty of sensation collectively; the sensorium.
The drug dulled his sensories, leaving him numb to external stimuli.
Synonyms
sense
sensation
sense organ
sensory receptor
sensory nerve
afferent nerve
sensory system
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