sensory apparatus
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsensoryandapparatus
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sensory
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈsen.sər.i/us/ˈsen.sər.i/
connected with the physical senses of touch, smell, taste, hearing, ...
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apparatus
noun
uk/ˌæp.əˈreɪ.təs/us/ˌæp.əˈræt̬.əs/
a set of equipment or tools or a machine that is used for a ...
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(Definition ofsensoryandapparatusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In other words, the body is not simply a piece ofsensoryapparatuswhich relays pure data about the environment to the mind.
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The human body and itssensoryapparatusare no longer the primary recipients of the representation of scientific results.
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The mechanism determining drives is quite complicated, and the sensitivity of thesensoryapparatusto particular inputs is modified according to the levels of internal drives.
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The eighteenth-century person of 'sensibility' is one gifted with a particularly receptivesensoryapparatus that renders her or him especially susceptible to refined emotions and human compassion.
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These relate to two interrelated topics, the richness of the stimulation reaching oursensoryapparatus, and the involvement of "higher" mental processes in the apprehension of our environment.
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Seeing is not a simple occurrence; it is a rich, exploratory activity within a certain environment and with certainsensoryapparatus, drawing on a number of heterogeneous capacities.
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In this context, it seems important that thesensoryapparatusremains completely intact during these catatonic states, as the minutely detailed descriptions given after such states show.
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The test has been accused of being overly anthropocentric, or at least unsuitable for many animals, due to its reliance on the visualsensoryapparatus.
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Apart from its eyes, the lateral line is the knifefish's most importantsensoryapparatus.
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Specificity theory saw pain as a specific sensation, with its ownsensoryapparatusindependent of touch and other senses.
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An animal first venturing out onto land would have difficulty in locating such chemical signals if itssensoryapparatuswas designed for aquatic detection.
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Through its practice, adepts eliminate all sensory perception and the conscious mind as inherently dualistic and potentially misleading, avoiding the use of thesensoryapparatusin attaining higher states.
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In most animals, the brain is located in the head, protected by the skull and close to the primarysensoryapparatusof vision, hearing, equilibrioception, taste and olfaction.
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Such a concept is to be distinguished from the bottom-up approach which would look for aberrations that are imposed on the input in its path through thesensoryapparatus.
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