sensory
Of the senses
Sensory relates to the senses—sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell.
A sensory experience engages one or more of these faculties.
Sensory overload describes overwhelm from too much stimulation.
In technical contexts, sensory refers to nerve pathways that carry information from sense organs to the brain, distinct from motor pathways that control movement.
Visual perception faculty
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
- smellOlfactory perception
- tasteFlavor perception ability
- touchPerceiving through physical contact
vision · olfaction · gustation · auditory · tactile · proprioception · kinesthetic · vestibular
Pleasant distinctive smell
- fragrancePleasing olfactory quality
- textureSurface tactile quality
- flavorCharacteristic taste quality
- brightnessDegree of light emitted
loudness · warmth · coldness · vibration · pressure · pungency · sweetness · bitterness
Impulse-conducting cell
- synapseNerve signal crossing point
- receptorSignal-receiving molecule
- cortexOrgan's external tissue
- thalamusBrain's signal switchboard
axon · dendrite · somatosensory · afferent · efferent · transduction · nerve · stimulus
Fully engaging the senses
- vividIntensely clear and bright
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
- heightenedIncreased in degree
- dulledMade less sharp
muted · intense · subtle · rich · evocative · visceral · palpable · tangible
Harmonious receptive connection
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
- alertnessActive mental awareness
- acuitySharpness of mind or sight
discernment · noticing · attentiveness · presence · focus · clarity · observation · consciousness
sight
Visual perception faculty
touch · vision · olfaction · gustation · auditory · tactile · proprioception · kinesthetic · vestibular · multimodal
aroma
Pleasant distinctive smell
brightness · loudness · warmth · coldness · vibration · pressure · pungency · sweetness · bitterness · sourness
neuron
Impulse-conducting cell
thalamus · axon · dendrite · somatosensory · afferent · efferent · transduction · nerve · stimulus · signal
immersive
Fully engaging the senses
- vividIntensely clear and bright
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
- heightenedIncreased in degree
dulled · muted · intense · subtle · rich · evocative · visceral · palpable · tangible · ambient
attunement
Harmonious receptive connection
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
- alertnessActive mental awareness
acuity · discernment · noticing · attentiveness · presence · focus · clarity · observation · consciousness · receptivity
- qualitativequalitative, descriptive, interpretive, subjective, observational
- memoryremember, forget, recall, memorize, recollect
- sensessight, smell, taste, hearing, touch
- descriptive wordsadjective, adverb, vivid, detailed, colorful
- immersiveVR, virtual reality, AR, augmented reality, 3D
- Food Sciencefood science, enzymes, carbohydrates, proteins, pH
sensoryextrasensory
Beyond ordinary perception
telepathic · clairvoyant · psychic · nonsensory · intuitive
sensorycognitive
Relating to thinking
intellectual · mental · rational · conceptual · abstract
- sensory perceptionDetecting stimuli through senses
- sensory toyManipulable object for stimulation
- pressure sensorInstrument measuring applied force
- sensory overloadExcessive simultaneous stimulation
- motion sensorDevice detecting nearby activity
- sensory deprivationBlocking all external stimuli