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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sensory  \Sen"so*ry\,  a.  (Physiol.) 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  the  sensorium  or  sensation;  as  sensory 
  impulses;  --  especially  applied  to  those  nerves  and  nerve 
  fibers  which  convey  to  a  nerve  center  impulses  resulting  in 
  sensation;  also  sometimes  loosely  employed  in  the  sense  of 
  afferent,  to  indicate  nerve  fibers  which  convey  impressions 
  of  any  kind  to  a  nerve  center. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sensory 
  adj  1:  of  a  nerve  fiber  or  impulse  originating  outside  and  passing 
  toward  the  central  nervous  system;  "sensory  neurons" 
  [syn:  {centripetal},  {receptive},  {sensory(a)}] 
  2:  involving  or  derived  from  the  senses  "sensory  experience"; 
  "sensory  channels"  [syn:  {sensorial}]  [ant:  {extrasensory}] 
  3:  relating  to  or  concerned  in  sensation;  "the  sensory  cortex"; 
  "sensory  organs"  [syn:  {sensational}] 




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