English Explanatory Dictionary

sensitivity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The quality or state of being sensitive; sensitiveness.
  2. The ability of an organism or organ to respond to external stimuli.
  3. Vulnerability to medical treatment: Synonym of susceptibility.
  4. The probability, in a binary classification test, of a true positive being correctly identified.
  5. The degree of response of an instrument to a change in an input signal.
  6. The rate at which the player's facing direction or position changes relative to input device movement.
  7. The degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength.

Pronunciation

/ˌsɛn.sɪˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/ /ˈsɛnsɪvəti/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sensitivity.wav /ˌsɛn.səˈtɪv.ə.ti/ [ˌsɛn.səˈtɪv.ə.ɾi] /ˈsɛn.sɪ.və.ti/

Word forms

sensitivity sensitivities

Etymology

From sensitive + -ity.

Antonyms

insensitivity

Derived words

case sensitivity case-sensitivity chemical sensitivity chemosensitivity climate sensitivity corticosensitivity cryosensitivity ecosensitivity electrosensitivity gravisensitivity hemosensitivity hypersensitivity hyposensitivity immunosensitivity magnetosensitivity mechanosensitivity meteosensitivity multiple chemical sensitivity offensensitivity oversensitivity oxidosensitivity pansensitivity phosphosensitivity photosensitivity psychrosensitivity radiosensitivity rejection sensitivity sensitivity read sensitivity reader sensory processing sensitivity subsensitivity supersensitivity thermosensitivity triplosensitivity ultrasensitivity undersensitivity unsensitivity

Translations

Belarusian: чуллі́васць Bulgarian: възприемчивост Dutch: gevoeligheid Finnish: havaintokyky French: sensibilité German: Empfindlichkeit Greek: ευαισθησία Hungarian: érzékenység Italian: sensibilità Korean: 감수성 Romanian: sensibilitate Russian: чувстви́тельность Russian: восприи́мчивость Spanish: sensibilidad Spanish: sensitividad Tagalog: pagkamatugunin Ukrainian: чутли́вість
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