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Synonyms for sensory


Grammar : Adj
Spell : sen-suh-ree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛn sə ri

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Définition of sensory

Origin :
  • 1749, "pertaining to sense or sensation," from Latin sensorius, from sensus, past participle of sentire "to perceive, feel" (see sense (n.)).
  • adj affecting animate nerve organs
Example sentences :
  • The nerve centres with the sensory and motor nerves and the organs of sense.
  • Extract from : « A Handbook of Health » by Woods Hutchinson
  • It is for the sensory child, I think, that the kindergarten has its great utility.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Mind » by James Mark Baldwin
  • A Candle: Education of the sensory and perceptive faculties.
  • Extract from : « Spontaneous Activity in Education » by Maria Montessori
  • Both are above all objective—the first, because it is sensory; the other, because it is rational.
  • Extract from : « Essay on the Creative Imagination » by Th. Ribot
  • And if a motor current can exist and travel in this manner, why not a sensory current?
  • Extract from : « The Problems of Psychical Research » by Hereward Carrington
  • Our chief concern, at this point, is with the sensory nerves.
  • Extract from : « Your Mind and How to Use It » by William Walker Atkinson
  • This too is associated with some sensory pleasure on the part of the patient.
  • Extract from : « Montessori Elementary Materials » by Maria Montessori
  • They said he was suffering from hypertrophy of the sensory nerves.
  • Extract from : « Lost Diaries » by Maurice Baring
  • The ectoderm retains its ciliation only in the sensory organs.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 2 » by Various
  • The sensory and motor mechanism has ripened, but not the associative.
  • Extract from : « Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, January 1899 » by Various
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