sensory

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sensory

/ˈsɛn.sə.ɹi/ Canada, US, UK
/ˈsen.sə.ɹi/ Australia, New Zealand

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adjective sensoric

not comparable Of the physical senses or sensation. The Species of things are perceived rather there whereto they are carried. But every ſenſory Nerve each in its place carries the Species to the beginning of the ſpinal Marrow, and therefore each in their place are judged and received by the Soul, in the beginning of the ſpinal Marrow.
not comparable Conveying nerve impulses from the sense organs to the nerve centers. sensory neurons
Similar: afferent

noun sensories · sensoric

dated The sensorium. Is not the Senſory of Animals that place to which the ſenſitive Subſtance is preſent, and into which the ſenſible Species of Things are carried through the Nerves and Brain, that there they may be perceived by their immediate preſence to that ſubſtance ?
obsolete An organ or faculty of sense. BOth of them ſpread themſelues in Round, and fill a whole Floare or Orbe, vnto certaine Limits : and are carried a great way : And doe languiſh and leſſen by degrees, according to the Diſtance of the Obiects from the Senſories.

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Closest in meaning: sensorial, sensational, receptive, afferent, centripetal, sensitive, sense, organoleptic, addiction, sensuous, sensate, perceptual, olfactory, gustatory, vestibular, proprioceptive

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adj of the senses or sensation

Español	sensorial, sensorio
中文	感覺的 /感觉的 gǎnjuéde
Português	sensorial
Français	sensoriel
Deutsch	Sinnes-, sensorisch
Italiano	sensoriale
Ελληνικά	αισθητήριος aisthitírios
Română	senzorial
العربية	حِسِّيّ ḥissiyy, حِسِّيَّة ḥissiyya

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@misc{sensory_2026,
  title = {sensory},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sensory},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}