sensory
The adjective sensory describes something relating to sensation — something that you feel with your physical senses. Sticking a knife into a toaster will give you a sensory experience, but so will smelling a rose. Stick with the rose.
Sensory comes from the Latin word sentire, meaning "to perceive, feel." Sampling your mom's blueberry pie is a sensory experience — you can smell it, you can taste it, and the crust has a really good texture. You may get sensory overload when you're in New York City because there's so much for your senses to take in. Sensory can also describe a nerve fiber, such as a sensory neuron, that carries impulses to the nerve centers in your body.
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relating to or concerned in sensation
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involving or derived from the senses“sensory experience”“sensory channels”synonyms: sensorialantonyms:extrasensoryseemingly outside normal sensory channelsparanormalnot in accordance with scientific lawstelegnosticobtaining knowledge of distant events allegedly without use of normal sensory mechanismstelepathiccommunicating without apparent physical signals
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of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system“sensory neurons”synonyms: centripetal, receptiveafferentof nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS
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