perceptual

American  

[per-sep-choo-uhl] / pərˈsɛp tʃu əl /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or involving perception.

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Other Word Forms

• interperceptual adjective
• interperceptually adverb
• nonperceptual adjective
• perceptually adverb
• unperceptual adjective
• unperceptually adverb

Etymology

Origin of perceptual

1875–80; percept + -ual, on the model of concept, conceptual

Example Sentences

"Quiet cars, finely engineered for a really comfortable drive, will simply give you less perceptual cue that you're travelling at a particular speed. So that makes it easier to slip over a limit."

From BBC

Afterward, they completed standardized intelligence tests measuring verbal and nonverbal ability as well as perceptual reasoning.

From Science Daily

“One thing that happens in infancy is this process of perceptual narrowing, where babies in some ways have broader perceptual abilities than adults.”

From Salon

The point of all this frustration was to make us more mindful of our perceptual shackles.

From Los Angeles Times

Typical psychotic-like experiences include perceptual distortions and hallucinations, suspicious paranoid thinking, delusions and bizarre, unusual thoughts.

From Science Daily