Smyslové

Smyslové is a Czech adjective meaning sensory or related to the senses. It is used to describe things connected with perception through the sense organs, or processes that involve sensing rather than higher cognitive activity. The form smyslové is the appropriate ending when it modifies plural or neuter nouns, for example smyslové orgány.

In biology and anatomy, smyslové orgány are the organs that detect external stimuli. These include the five traditional senses: zrak (sight) via oko; sluch (hearing) via ucho; čich (smell) via nos; chuť (taste) via jazyk; and hmat (touch) via kůže. These organs receive stimuli such as light, sound, odors, flavors, temperature and pressure, and convert them into neural signals that the brain interprets as perception.

In other fields, smyslové is used to distinguish sensory perception from cognitive processing. Phrases such as smyslové vnímání (sensory perception) or poruchy smyslového systému (sensory system disorders) appear in psychology, medicine and philosophy. The term also appears in technical language to describe equipment and systems designed to sense environmental data, for example smyslové senzory in robotics or industrial automation, though in practice a variety of terms such as senzor or sensor are also common.

Etymologically, smyslové derives from smysl meaning sense or meaning, with the suffix -ový forming an adjective meaning related to. The word is widely used in everyday Czech as well as in scientific and clinical contexts to denote aspects of sensing and perception.