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perceptual

/pərˈsɛptʃ(əw)əl/
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Something that you experience through your senses is perceptual. You'll have perceptual problems in school if you accidentally wear your sunglasses instead of your reading glasses.

The adjective perceptual is all about perceiving, or sensing things. It's your perceptual ability that allows you to make sense of the world around you by seeing and hearing. In science, the various sensory systems (such as visual and auditory abilities) are known as perceptual systems. The Latin root is percipere, which means "gather or seize" and also "grasp with the mind."

Definitions of perceptual
  1. adjective
    of or relating to the act of perceiving
    perceptual stimulus”
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