sensory

American  

[sen-suh-ree] / ˈsɛn sə ri /

Also sensorial

adjective

1. of or relating to the senses or sensation.

2. Physiology. noting a structure for conveying an impulse that results or tends to result in sensation, as a nerve.

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sensory British  

/ ˈsɛnsərɪ, sɛnˈsɔːrɪəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to the senses or the power of sensation

2. of or relating to those processes and structures within an organism that receive stimuli from the environment and convey them to the brain

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sensory Scientific  

/ sĕn′sə-rē /

1. Involving the sense organs or the nerves that relay messages from them.

2. Compare motor

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Other Word Forms

• intersensory adjective
• multisensory adjective
• nonsensorial adjective
• nonsensory adjective
• unsensory adjective

Etymology

Origin of sensory

First recorded in 1620–30; sense + -ory ¹

Example Sentences

You can riff depending on fridge contents or, after a brief sensory inventory, what feels right in the moment.

From Salon

That sensory experience feels so reminiscent of home.

From Salon

In Denver, head to the immersive art installation Meow Wolf for sensory overload and to your nearest craft brewery or green-chile slinger for fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal

FSD will never work no matter how much data Tesla collects, because camera data represents less than 30% of all available sensory data.

From MarketWatch

Still, I find myself missing certain sensory elements of the whole endeavor.

From Salon

Related Words

• audiovisual
• auditory
• aural
• neural
• neurological
• olfactory
• sensual
• sonic
• tactile
• visual