Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sensory \Sen"so*ry\, a. (Physiol.)
   Of or pertaining to the sensorium or sensation; as, sensory
   impulses; -- especially applied to those nerves and nerve
   fibers which convey to a nerve center impulses resulting in
   sensation; also sometimes loosely employed in the sense of
   afferent, to indicate nerve fibers which convey impressions
   of any kind to a nerve center.

Source : WordNet®

sensory
     adj 1: of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing
            toward the central nervous system; "sensory neurons"
            [syn: {centripetal}, {receptive}, {sensory(a)}]
     2: involving or derived from the senses; "sensory experience";
        "sensory channels" [syn: {sensorial}] [ant: {extrasensory}]
     3: relating to or concerned in sensation; "the sensory cortex";
        "sensory organs" [syn: {sensational}]