sensory impressions

collocation in English

meaningsofsensoryandimpression

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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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impression
noun
uk
/ɪmˈpreʃ.ən/us
/ɪmˈpreʃ.ən/
an idea or opinion of what something or someone ...
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(Definition ofsensoryandimpressionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Fantastic dream-ideas relate either directly to sensory impressions and bodily states or can be related by simple association.
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Furthermore, aren't visual data richer, more compelling, and above all more precise than sensory impressions provided by other modes of perception?
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Kott is acutely sensitive to sensory impressions and possesses the verbal gifts to express them.
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For the eels the sensory impressions are probably as diverse as the colors visible for us.
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Image spaces imply areas where sensory impressions of all types are processed, including the focused awareness of the core consciousness.
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Without sensory impressions and tests how can you be sure a theory corresponds to reality?
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The effect is that proprioceptive sensory impressions disappear, just as a scent can disappear over time.
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Steiner called that which receives sensory impressions the body of consciousness or sentient body.
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The category harmony refers to all sensory impressions, including color, and is concerned with the overall balance between sweetness, acidity, alcohol and body /mouthfeel of the wine.
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They believed all our ideas were derived from sense data or impressions, and since all sensory impressions are inherently finite, so too are our thoughts and ideas.
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Berkeley did not quibble with people's everyday talk about the reality of objects, but instead with philosophers talk as if they knew something, beyond sensory impressions, everyday folks did not.
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