sensory

/'sensəri/ Cách viết khác : (sensorial) /sen'sɔ:riəm/

Thân thiện

The baby explores the colorful sensory toy with her hands.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Relating to sensation or the senses: "sensory" describes anything connected to the physical processes of seeing, hearing, touching, tasting, or smelling.
   • Receiving and transmitting signals to the central nervous system: In biology, "sensory" refers to nerves, neurons, or organs that detect stimuli from the environment or the body and send that information to the brain or spinal cord.

Usage and Examples

• General Use (Relating to the senses):

  • The museum offered a rich sensory experience with sounds, smells, and textures.
  • Blindness is a sensory impairment affecting sight.

• Biological/Neurological Use:

  • The sensory neurons in your skin send signals to your brain when you touch something hot.
  • The sensory cortex is the part of the brain that processes information from the senses.

Advanced Usage

• Sensory deprivation: A state or experiment where stimulation of the senses is minimized.

  • The float tank was designed for sensory deprivation to promote deep relaxation.

• Sensory overload: A condition where one or more of the senses are overstimulated.

  • The noisy, crowded market caused sensory overload for the child.

Variants and Related Words

• Sensorium (n): The sensory apparatus of the body as a whole; the seat of sensation.
• Sensation (n): A physical feeling or perception resulting from something that happens to or comes into contact with the body.
• Sensorial (adj): An alternative, less common form of "sensory," meaning the same thing.

Synonyms

• Perceptual: Relating to the ability to interpret or become aware of something through the senses.
• Afferent: (Technical, in physiology) Conducting inward or toward something (used specifically for nerves carrying sensory impulses toward the central nervous system).

Antonyms

• Motor: Relating to movement or the nerves and muscles that produce movement (e.g., send signals the brain to the muscles).
• Efferent: (Technical, in physiology) Conducting outward or away from something (used for nerves carrying signals away from the central nervous system).

Học thuật

Adjective

1. relating to or concerned in sensation
   • the sensory cortex
   • sensory organs
2. involving or derived from the senses
   • sensory experience
   • sensory channels
3. of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system
   • sensory neurons

Từ đồng nghĩa

• sensational
• sensorial
• centripetal
• receptive
• sensory