sensory en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈsɛn.sə.ɹi/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈsen.sə.ɹi/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -tōriusder. Middle English -orie English -ory English sensory From sense + -ory.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of the physical senses or sensation.
It is evident that in the ancestor of these two groups the first pair of appendages became early adapted for purely sensory purposes, and were naturally projected far in advance of the mouth, forming the antennæ.
1873, Alpheus Spring Packard, “Hints on the Ancestry of Insects”, in Our Common Insects: A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses, Salem: Naturalists’ Agency, page 174:The Species of things are perceived rather there whereto they are carried. But every ſenſory Nerve each in its place carries the Species to the beginning of the ſpinal Marrow, and therefore each in their place are judged and received by the Soul, in the beginning of the ſpinal Marrow.
1665, Thomas Bartholin, chapter VI, in anonymous translator, Bartholinus Anatomy, London: Nich. Culpeper and Abdiah Cole, translation of Anatomia (in New Latin), page 142:Findings of the sensory analysis panel at NWFSC [the Northwest Fisheries Science Center], which tested and classified flesh characteristics of both Pacific and giant grenadier, are averaged and summarized in Table 10.
1991, Tetsuo Matsui, Susumu Kato, Susan E. Smith, “Biology and Potential Use of Pacific Grenadier, Coryphaenoides acrolepis, off California”, in Marine Fisheries Review, volume 52, number 3, →ISSN, page 13:
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(not-comparable) Conveying nerve impulses from the sense organs to the nerve centers.
sensory neurons
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sensoric | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
sensory dep · sensory hypersensitivity · sensory processing sensitivity · sensory deprivation · Wartenberg's migrant sensory neuritis · sensory neuron · sensory root · somatic sensory cortex · subsensory · suprasensory · dual sensory impaired · metabosensory · sensory garden · magnetosensory · sensori- · hemisensory · sensory play · intersensory · trisensory · prosensory · parasensory · hygrosensory · sensoriperceptual · autonomous sensory meridian response · sensoriness · monosensory · thermosensory · extrasensory · somatosensory · viscerosensory · sensorineural · polysensory · psychosensory · sensory bin · mechanosensory · electrosensory · audiosensory · unsensory · genitosensory · photosensory · sensory overload · sensory recall · orosensory · bisensory · visuosensory · sensory receptor · osmosensory · nonsensory · multisensory · Wartenberg's migratory sensory neuropathy · sensori-volitional · unisensory · laterosensory · neurosensory · sensory gating · supersensory · biosensory · sensory memory · sensory detox · chemosensory · sensorily
Hyponyms
visual · gustatory · haptic · ocular · olfactory · auditory
Relateds
Synonyms
sensible · sensely · sensorial · sensuous · sensual · sensory · sensatory · afferent · sensational
Translations (30)
ar حِسِّيّ (of the senses or sensation) · fi aistinvarainen (of the senses or sensation) · cs smyslový (of the senses or sensation) · fi sensorinen (of the senses or sensation) · ga céadfach (of the senses or sensation) · es sensorio (of the senses or sensation) · nb sansemessig (of the senses or sensation) · de Sinnes- (of the senses or sensation) · nn sansemessig (of the senses or sensation) · bg сетивен (of the senses or sensation) · ca sensori (of the senses or sensation) · ga céadfaíoch (of the senses or sensation) · pt sensorial (of the senses or sensation) · tr duyusal (of the senses or sensation) · ca sensorial (of the senses or sensation) · el αισθητήριος (of the senses or sensation) · fi aisti- (of the senses or sensation) · tr duyumsal (of the senses or sensation) · ar حِسِّيَّة (of the senses or sensation) · es sensorial (of the senses or sensation) · io sensala (of the senses or sensation) · de sensorisch (of the senses or sensation) · nn sensorisk (of the senses or sensation) · af sensories (of the senses or sensation) · cmn 感覺的 /感觉的 (of the senses or sensation) · nb sensorisk (of the senses or sensation) · ro senzorial (of the senses or sensation) · fi aistimuksellinen (of the senses or sensation) · fr sensoriel (of the senses or sensation) · it sensoriale (of the senses or sensation)