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sensitivity |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sensitivity \Sen`si*tiv"i*ty\, n. The quality or state of being sensitive; -- used chiefly in science and the arts; as the sensitivity of iodized silver. Sensitivity and emotivity have also been used as the scientific term for the capacity of feeling. --Hickok. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sensitivity n 1: (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli: "sensitivity to pain" [syn: {sensitiveness}, {sensibility}] 2: the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences: "a galvanometer of extreme sensitivity" 3: sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others) [syn: {sensitiveness}] 4: susceptibility to a pathogen [syn: {predisposition}] 5: the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment [syn: {sensitiveness}] [ant: {insensitivity}, {insensitivity}]
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