perceptual
adjective
per·cep·tu·al
(ˌ)pər-ˈsep-chə-wəl 
-chəl,
-shwəl
: of, relating to, or involving perception especially in relation to immediate sensory experience
perceptually
adverb
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As these capabilities mature, the perceptual gap between synthetic and authentic human media will continue to narrow.
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Siwei Lyu, The Conversation, 26 Dec. 2025
The language network is basically an interface between lower-level perceptual and motor components and the higher-level, more abstract representations of meaning and reasoning.
—Quanta Magazine, 5 Dec. 2025
This approach reduces the perceptual gap between humans and robots and minimizes the sense of strangeness that typically accompanies humanoids.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Dec. 2025
Each story—of grocery shopping, going to the airport or going to a restaurant with a friend—had two different versions, with either conceptual or perceptual details swapped into the same overall narrative.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2025
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Siwei Lyu, The Conversation, 26 Dec. 2025
The language network is basically an interface between lower-level perceptual and motor components and the higher-level, more abstract representations of meaning and reasoning.
—Quanta Magazine, 5 Dec. 2025
This approach reduces the perceptual gap between humans and robots and minimizes the sense of strangeness that typically accompanies humanoids.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Dec. 2025
Each story—of grocery shopping, going to the airport or going to a restaurant with a friend—had two different versions, with either conceptual or perceptual details swapped into the same overall narrative.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for perceptual
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“Perceptual.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perceptual. Accessed 2 Jan. 2026.
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perceptual
adjective
per·cep·tu·al
(ˌ)pər-ˈsep-chə(-wə)l, -ˈsepsh-wəl
: of, relating to, or involving perception especially in relation to immediate sensory experience
auditory perceptual deficits
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