sensory

sensory is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 10 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. 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.
2. adjective. of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system

   "sensory neurons"

   Synonyms: centripetal, receptive

3. adjective. involving or derived from the senses

   "sensory experience"

   "sensory channels"

   Synonyms: sensorial

4. adjective. relating to or concerned in sensation

   "the sensory cortex"

   "sensory organs"

   Synonyms: sensational

Synonyms

centripetal, receptive, sensorial, sensational

Common word forms

sensories, sensorily

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