perceptual
adjective
per·cep·tu·al (ˌ)pər-ˈsep-chə-wəl 
-chəl,
-shwəl
: of, relating to, or involving perception especially in relation to immediate sensory experience
perceptually adverb
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web In De Anima, Aristotle demarcated five senses that supposedly compose our perceptual field: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. 
Wired, 11 Aug. 2022 But for other researchers, dreaming refers to any form of thinking or perceptual elements that are experienced during sleep. Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 24 Aug. 2022 Chrysler also is one minivan marketer that has stepped up to another challenge: the perceptual one. Dale Buss, Forbes, 31 July 2022 With a construction team in place, the couple began designing bathrooms and kitchens that would smudge the perceptual line between the centuries. Sarah Medford, WSJ, 28 July 2022 But being a psychogeologist—even a hippie poet—requires, in Robinson’s thinking, a way of staying real with the mountains, finding a perceptual precision up in the Sierra rather than getting lost in the easy vagaries of so much nature writing. Verlyn Klinkenborg, The Atlantic, 21 July 2022 According to jury consultant Jill Huntley Taylor, Balwani likely faces different perceptual hurdles than Holmes did in the eyes of the jurors who deliberated over her case. Sara Ashley O'brien, CNN, 24 June 2022 Umwelt is a term coined by the zoologist Jakob von Uexküll in 1909 to describe the sensory bubble that surrounds an animal—its perceptual world. Julie Zickefoose, WSJ, 17 June 2022 Instead, an Umwelt is specifically the part of those surroundings that an animal can sense and experience—its perceptual world. Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 13 June 2022 See More
Wired, 11 Aug. 2022 But for other researchers, dreaming refers to any form of thinking or perceptual elements that are experienced during sleep. Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 24 Aug. 2022 Chrysler also is one minivan marketer that has stepped up to another challenge: the perceptual one. Dale Buss, Forbes, 31 July 2022 With a construction team in place, the couple began designing bathrooms and kitchens that would smudge the perceptual line between the centuries. Sarah Medford, WSJ, 28 July 2022 But being a psychogeologist—even a hippie poet—requires, in Robinson’s thinking, a way of staying real with the mountains, finding a perceptual precision up in the Sierra rather than getting lost in the easy vagaries of so much nature writing. Verlyn Klinkenborg, The Atlantic, 21 July 2022 According to jury consultant Jill Huntley Taylor, Balwani likely faces different perceptual hurdles than Holmes did in the eyes of the jurors who deliberated over her case. Sara Ashley O'brien, CNN, 24 June 2022 Umwelt is a term coined by the zoologist Jakob von Uexküll in 1909 to describe the sensory bubble that surrounds an animal—its perceptual world. Julie Zickefoose, WSJ, 17 June 2022 Instead, an Umwelt is specifically the part of those surroundings that an animal can sense and experience—its perceptual world. Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 13 June 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
percept + -ual (as in conceptual)
First Known Use
1878, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
perceptual
adjective
per·cep·tu·al (ˌ)pər-ˈsep-chə(-wə)l, -ˈsepsh-wəl
: of, relating to, or involving perception especially in relation to immediate sensory experience
auditory perceptual deficits