...sensory information passing through the spinal cord.
...our body's sensory system.
sensory in British English
(ˈsɛnsərɪ) or less commonly sensorial (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
Word origin
C18: from Latin sensōrius, from sentīre to feel
sensory in American English
(ˈsɛnsəri)
adjective
1.
of the senses or sensation
2.
connected with the reception and transmission of sense impressions
Also senˈsorial (ˈsɛnˈsɔriəl)
Word origin
sense + -ory
Examples of 'sensory' in a sentence
sensory
Our work is looking at grabbing hold of nerve fibres to get different sensory inputs.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The security services used harsh methods of sensory deprivation against prisoners.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This show offers a sensory experience as much as an intellectual thesis.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The sensory overload will also ensure they will remember it for years afterwards.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
People prefer to take in information in different sensory channels.
O'Connor, Joseph & Seymour, John Training with N.L.P. (1994)
It is almost as though plain thinking is being crowded out by an excess of sensory input.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Prisoners can also be kept in conditions of physical discomfort and subjected to sensory deprivation.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This means that sensory experiences that are not unpleasant or dangerous are experienced as discomfort or pain.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Lose the roof and it is like a sensory overload.
The Sun (2006)
It was like a sensory deprivation chamber.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The combination is an incredible sensory experience.
Millon, Kim & Millon, Marc The Wine Roads of France (1989)
Most people go quiet during that time because it increases the sensory experience.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He claimed the sensory deprivation focused all his attention and he sailed through with the highest first in our year.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
When we study sensation, we are asking just what information the sensory organs receive.
Bee, Helen The Developing Child (7th edn.) (1995)
You get sensory overload and your brain can't process how incredible the moment is.
The Sun (2012)
Yet, the sensory overload somehow works.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
When we study perception we are asking what the individual does with the sensory information, how it is interpreted or combined.
Bee, Helen The Developing Child (7th edn.) (1995)
This would appear to be a careless error, occurring as it does in a section on information theory and sensory capacities.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
Of course not, for other animals must juggle sensory inputs as well, and juggle them expertly.
Wills, Christopher The Runaway Brain: the Evolution of Human Uniqueness (1993)
Some of his behaviour does not have to be suppressed, he simply has to understand it and work out other ways to receive that sensory input.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In other languages
sensory
British English: sensory ADJECTIVE
Sensory means relating to the physical senses.
...sensory information passing through the spinal cord.
American English: sensory
Brazilian Portuguese: sensorial
Chinese: 感官的
European Spanish: sensorial
French: sensoriel
German: sensorisch
Italian: sensoriale
Japanese: 感覚の
Korean: 감각의
European Portuguese: sensorial
Latin American Spanish: sensorial
All related terms of 'sensory'
sensory cortex
the region of the cerebral cortex concerned with receiving and interpreting sensory information from various parts of the body
sensory neuron
a type of neuron that carries impulses from a sense organ to the brain or spinal cord
sensory paralysis
impairment or loss of sensation in a part or area of the body
sensory deprivation
an experimental situation in which all stimulation is cut off from the sensory receptors
dual sensory impairment
the condition of being affected by sight and hearing loss
extra-sensory perception
Extra-sensory perception means knowing without using your ordinary senses such as sight and hearing . Some people believe this is possible. The abbreviation → ESP is also used.