"sensory" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈsɛn.sə.ɹi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sensory.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɛnsəɹi Etymology: From sense + -ory. Etymology templates: {{af|en|sense|-ory}} sense + -ory Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} sensory (not comparable)
  1. Of the physical senses or sensation. Tags: not-comparable Translations (of the senses or sensation): sensories (Afrikaans), حِسِّيّ (ḥissiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), حِسِّيَّة (ḥissiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), сетивен (setiven) (Bulgarian), sensorial (Catalan), sensori (Catalan), 感覺的 (Chinese Mandarin), 感觉的 (gǎnjuéde) (Chinese Mandarin), smyslový [masculine] (Czech), aisti- (Finnish), aistimuksellinen (Finnish), aistinvarainen (Finnish), sensorinen (Finnish), sensoriel (French), Sinnes- (German), sensorisch (German), αισθητήριος (aisthitírios) [masculine] (Greek), sensala (Ido), céadfach (Irish), céadfaíoch (Irish), sensoriale (Italian), sansemessig (Norwegian Bokmål), sensorisk (Norwegian Bokmål), sansemessig (Norwegian Nynorsk), sensorisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), sensorial (Portuguese), senzorial (Romanian), sensorial (Spanish), sensorio (Spanish), duyusal (Turkish), duyumsal (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-sensory-en-adj-Ow32BbJd Disambiguation of 'of the senses or sensation': 89 11
  2. (neuroanatomy) Conveying nerve impulses from the sense organs to the nerve centers. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Neuroanatomy Synonyms: afferent
    Sense id: en-sensory-en-adj-aXie41j0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ory Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 71 21 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ory: 9 57 18 16 Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sensely, sensible, sensory, sensual, sensuous, sensatory, sensorial, sensoric Hyponyms: auditory, gustatory, haptic, ocular, olfactory, visual Related terms: sensible, sensual, sensuous

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsɛn.sə.ɹi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sensory.wav [Southern-England] Forms: sensories [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛnsəɹi Etymology: From sense + -ory. Etymology templates: {{af|en|sense|-ory}} sense + -ory Head templates: {{en-noun}} sensory (plural sensories)
  1. (biology, dated) The sensorium. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-sensory-en-noun-SgsivvGh Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  2. (obsolete) An organ or faculty of sense. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-sensory-en-noun-aJvowrFR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sensoric Derived forms: sensorial

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "The Species of things are perceived rather there whereto they are carried. But every ſenſory Nerve each in its place carries the Species to the beginning of the ſpinal Marrow, and therefore each in their place are judged and received by the Soul, in the beginning of the ſpinal Marrow.",
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