'Sensory' definitions:
Definition of 'sensory'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system; "sensory neurons" [syn: centripetal, receptive, sensory(a)]
adjective
Involving or derived from the senses; "sensory experience"; "sensory channels" [syn: sensory, sensorial] [ant: extrasensory, paranormal]
adjective
Relating to or concerned in sensation; "the sensory cortex"; "sensory organs" [syn: sensational, sensory]
Definition of 'Sensory'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Sensory'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]