"polysensory" meaning in English

See polysensory in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: poly- + sensory Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|poly|sensory}} poly- + sensory Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} polysensory (not comparable)
  1. Relating to multiple senses, or modes of perception. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-polysensory-en-adj-Q-Mgs7bo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with poly-

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          "text": "So, on the one hand, the odorivector gives the observer cues about polysensory space, that is if all the mechanical envelopes, viz., acoustic and haptic, coincide and so constitute, with the osmotic, a hermetic space; and he interprets the cues by 'associative concatenation'.",
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