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Definitions: Sensory |
SensoryAdjective1. Of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system; "sensory neurons". 2. Involving or derived from the senses; "sensory experience"; "sensory channels". 3. Relating to or concerned in sensation; "the sensory cortex"; "sensory organs". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sensory" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
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Medicine | Of, relating to, or involving the employment of the sense organs - used esp. of subjective testing (as of flavor, odor, appearance) of food and drug products. . . . . the -qualities of the wine. Source: European Union. (references) |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| SECOND | English | Sensory Controlled Dextrous Robots | Computing, European Union |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: SensorySynonyms: centripetal (adj), receptive (adj), sensational (adj), sensorial (adj), sensory(a) (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: extrasensory (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Feeling | Adjective: feeling; Verb: sentient; sensuous; sensorial, sensory; emotive, emotional; of feeling, with feeling; n. |
Intellect | Brain, organ of thought, seat of thought; sensorium, sensory; head, headpiece; pate, noddle, noggin, skull, scull, |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Sensory |
| English words defined with "sensory": sensory activity, somatic sensory system. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "sensory": Epilepsy, Partial, Sensory ♦ Ganglia, Sensory ♦ Receptors, Sensory ♦ Sensory Deprivation, sensory hierarchy, Sensory System Agents, Sensory Thresholds ♦ the vestibular sensory system. (references) |
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Screenplays | It's taking a detour around the damage and tapping into a region of the brain that humans don't normally use to handle sensory perception. (The Dead Zone; writing credit: Aleksandar Djordjevic) My sensory apparatus reveals it to me. This is fun! (Dark Star; writing credit: John Carpenter ; Dan O'Bannon) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Sexual Sensory Perception (1970) | |
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J. Robert Oppenheimer | There are children playing in the street who could solve some of my top problems in physics, because they have modes of sensory perception that I lost long ago. |
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Health | Most relay messages of a sensory nature. (references) | |
It induces abnormalities in sensory perceptions. (references) | ||
Erection begins with sensory and mental stimulation. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Sensory" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.52% of the time. "Sensory" is used about 624 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.52% | 621 | 10,417 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.48% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 624 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Sensory Science Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "sensory": Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathies ♦ hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy ♦ Hereditary Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathies ♦ sensory activity ♦ sensory alexia ♦ sensory analysis ♦ sensory aphasia ♦ sensory cell ♦ sensory cells ♦ Sensory Deprivation ♦ sensory disorder ♦ sensory epilepsy ♦ sensory evaluation ♦ sensory faculty ♦ sensory hair ♦ sensory hierarchy ♦ sensory impression ♦ sensory inflow ♦ sensory input ♦ Sensory loss ♦ sensory nerve ♦ sensory neuron ♦ sensory pathway ♦ sensory receptor ♦ sensory system ♦ Sensory System Agents ♦ sensory test ♦ Sensory Thresholds ♦ sensory unit ♦ somatic sensory system ♦ the vestibular sensory system. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "sensory": sensory-assault, sensory-deprivation, sensory-emotional-disorderly, sensory-motor. | |
Ending with "sensory": extra-sensory. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "sensory"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ndijor, ndijmor. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مورد ناقل للعصب, حسي (object lesson, receptive, sensational, sensitive, sensual, tangible, voluptuous), شعوري (conscious, sentimental). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сетивен (material, sensate, sensational, sense, sensible, sensorial, sensual, sensuous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 知觉 (Consciousness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | smyslový (sensorial), senzorický. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sensorisk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | sensorisch, sensorieel, sensorisch, organoleptisch (organoleptic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | وابسته به مرکزاحساس , حسی (Intuitive, Sensational), حساس (Acute, Alive, Delicate, Exquisite, Sensitive, Stark, Susceptible, Techy, Tender, Ticklish, Touchy, Vigilant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | aistinvarainen (organoleptic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sensoriel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | sinnes-, sensorisch, sensoriell. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αισθητήριοσ (sensorial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תחושתי, חושי (sensuous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szenzoros, érzéki (amatory, amorous, carnal, concupiscent, erotic, lecherous, libidinous, luscious, prurient, salacious, sensational, sensual, sensuous, voluptuous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tentang panca indra. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sensoriale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 知覚神経 (sensory nerve), 感覚神経 (sensory nerve), 感覚細胞 (sensory cell), 感覚毛 (sensory hair), 官能検査 (sensory evaluation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | か"のうけ"さ (sensory evaluation), か"かくし"けい (sensory nerve), か"かくさいぼう (sensory cell), か"かくもう (sensory hair), ちかくし"けい (sensory nerve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 감각 (Feeling, feelings, sensation, sensorial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | keeallagh (sensible), ennee (identical, recognizable, selfsame). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ensorysay sensorial (sensational). (various references) senzorial (sense, sensorial, sensuous), senzitiv (feeling, sensitive, sensorial). (various references) сенсорный (touch-sensitive), чувствительный (high strung, high-strung, sensitive, squeamish, susceptive, thin-skinned). (various references) osetni, čulni (sensuous). (various references) sensorio. (various references) smaksensorisk (organoleptic), sinnes- (mental, sensational, sensuous, sentient), sensorisk, organoleptisk (organoleptic). (various references) duyusal (sensate, sensorial), duyumsal (sensorial, sensuous), duyulara ait (sensorial), algısal (sensorial). (various references) чутливий (affectional, feeling, high strung, highly strung, hightoned, impressionable, nice, responsive, rocky, sensible, sensitive, sentient, susceptible, ticklish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words ending with "sensory": extrasensory, intersensory, multisensory, neurosensory, somatosensory, supersensory. (additional references) | |
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"Sensory" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ensor, Nensorb, ostensory, seisor, Sencourt, Sengor, senory, sensary, sensay, senso, sensori, sensorite, sensorium, sensour, sensuary, sensure, snory, Sosnovy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sensory" (pronounced se"nserē) |
| 6 | s e" n s er ē | extrasensory. |
| 5 | -e" n s er ē | dispensary. |
| 4 | -n s er ē | Chancery. |
| 3 | -s er ē | accessory, anniversary, Brasserie, compulsory, cursory, glossary, grocery, illusory, nursery, rotisserie, sorcery. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-n-o-r-s-s-y" | |
-1 letter: senors, sensor, snores, syrens. | |
-2 letters: noses, nosey, onery, oyers, roses, senor, snore, snyes, sones, sonsy, sores, sorns, syren, yores. | |
-3 letters: eons, erns, eros, ness, noes, nose, nosy, ones, ores, oses, oyer, oyes, roes, rose, rosy, ryes, sers, snye, sone, sons, sore, sorn, soys, syne, yens, yore. | |
-4 letters: ens, eon, ern, ers, ess, nor, nos. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-n-o-r-s-s-y" | |
+2 letters: cynosures, pyranoses, syndromes, tyrosines. | |
+3 letters: governessy, laypersons, oysterings, responsory, sardonyxes, strongyles, suspensory, tyrosinase, youngsters. | |
+4 letters: aepyornises, erythrosins, frontolyses, gymnosperms, meromyosins, phenocrysts, pyranosides, responsibly, sensorially, strenuosity, strenuously, synchromesh, synchronies, synchronise, tyrosinases. | |
+5 letters: asynchronies, censoriously, cherrystones, conveyorises, countryseats, countrysides, cryosurgeons, cycloserines, dispensatory, engrossingly, erythrosines, extrasensory, fibrinolyses, groundlessly, handypersons, hydrogenases, intercessory, intersensory, karyokineses, karyokinesis, multisensory, neurosensory, overanalyses, overanalysis, polystyrenes, reasonlessly, recessionary, responsively, sensitometry, slanderously, snollygoster, stonemasonry, streptolysin, supersensory, synarthroses, synchronised, synchronises, synchronizes, synchroscope, trypanosomes, trypsinogens. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 65 6E 73 6F 72 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... . -. ... --- .-. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100101 01101110 01110011 01101111 01110010 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S e n s o r y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0065 006E 0073 006F 0072 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53718085818491 |
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