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sensitivity
[ sen-si-tiv-i-tee ]
noun
- the state or quality of being sensitive; sensitiveness.
- Physiology.
- the ability of an organism or part of an organism to react to stimuli; irritability.
- degree of susceptibility to stimulation.
- Electricity.
- the ability of a radio device to react to incoming signals, expressed as the minimum input signal required to produce a specified output signal with a given noise level.
- the input, as voltage, current, or the like, required to produce full deflection in an electric measuring device, expressed as the ratio of the response to the magnitude of the input quantity.
sensitivity
/ ˌsɛnsɪˈtɪvɪtɪ /
noun
- the state or quality of being sensitive
- physiol the state, condition, or quality of reacting or being sensitive to an external stimulus, drug, allergen, etc
- electronics the magnitude or time of response of an instrument, circuit, etc, to an input signal, such as a current
- photog the degree of response of an emulsion to light or other actinic radiation, esp to light of a particular colour, expressed in terms of its speed
Other Words From
- anti·sensi·tivi·ty noun plural antisensitivities adjective
- nonsen·si·tivi·ty noun plural nonsensitivities
Word History and Origins
Origin of sensitivity1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Other major news outlets made the same decision, hiding behind a misplaced sense of multicultural sensitivity.
There was Carol White, a ho-hum homemaker who finds herself besieged by multiple chemical sensitivity in Safe.
Neither individual would go on the record due to the sensitivity of discussing personnel matters.
Of course there was no official way to have these interviews given the sensitivity of the topic.
She said the defining characteristic of her husband was his sensitivity.
Never had Dalgard been so shut out and with that his sensitivity to the night, to the world about him, was doubly acute.
Sabo eased himself from the seat, tuning up his audios to their highest sensitivity, moving over to Brownie.
He tried listening with maximum sensitivity but there were only remote confused murmurs.
Such sensitivity is duplicated frequently in persons who are hard of hearing, and whom, therefore, we are likely to doubt.
Yes; I remember his chart, he rates a high sensitivity, the rays work fast on types like that.
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