Sensory

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sensory \Sen"so*ry\, n.; pl. {Sensories}. (Physiol.)
     Same as {Sensorium}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sensory
       adj 1: of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing
              toward the central nervous system; "sensory neurons"
              [syn: {centripetal}, {receptive}, {sensory(a)}]
       2: involving or derived from the senses; "sensory experience";
          "sensory channels" [syn: {sensorial}] [ant: {extrasensory}]
       3: relating to or concerned in sensation; "the sensory cortex";
          "sensory organs" [syn: {sensational}]