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Adjective: sensory  sen-su-ree
  1. Of a nerve fibre or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system
    "sensory neurons"
    - centripetal, receptive
     
  2. Involving or derived from the senses
    "sensory experience"; "sensory channels"
    - sensorial
     
  3. Relating to or concerned in sensation
    "the sensory cortex"; "sensory organs"
    - sensational

See also: afferent, sensation

Antonym: extrasensory

Encyclopedia: Sensory