Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quality or condition of being sensitive.
- noun The capacity to respond to changes in the environment.
- noun The degree of response of a receiver or instrument to an incoming signal or to a change in the incoming signal, as in FM radio.
- noun The degree of response to light, especially to light of a specified wavelength, as in photographic film.
- noun The proportion of individuals in a population with a particular disease or condition that are correctly identified when administered a test for that disease or condition.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being sensitive; sensitiveness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being sensitive; -- used chiefly in science and the arts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality of being
sensitive - noun The
ability of anorganism ororgan torespond toexternal stimuli - noun statistics The
proportion ofindividuals in apopulation that will be correctly identified in abinary classification test . - noun electronics The
degree ofresponse of aninstrument to achange in aninput signal . - noun photography The degree of response of a
film etc. tolight of aspecified wavelength .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
- noun sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
- noun (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
- noun susceptibility to a pathogen
- noun the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences
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Examples
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While using the term sensitivity for defining one's attributes and features it must be kept in mind that sensitivity is a verb that shows actions and not a noun.
Bloggers.Pakistan 2008
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While using the term sensitivity for defining one's attributes and features it must be kept in mind that sensitivity is a verb that shows actions and not a noun.
Bloggers.Pakistan 2008
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Dealing with my sensitivity is an ongoing process.
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YATES: What makes this lab so special, I think, is the effort we put into increasing what we call the sensitivity of the DNA technology.
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YATES: It's the effort we put into increasing what we call the sensitivity of the DNA technology.
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Grobbelaar, who heads the Friends of Willem Ratte organisation, would not elaborate because of what he called the sensitivity of the process.
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I know absolutely nothing about what happens in prisons, but common sense tells me "sensitivity" is not about inmates 'sexual needs but about what approaches will be effective.
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One such letter urged me to enroll in sensitivity training (at CAIR, naturally), while others branded me with harsh names (“bigot and racist”), compared me to the Ku Klux Klan and the neo-Nazis, or characterized my writings as an “atrocity” filled with “pure poison” and “outright lies.”
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That's a fact, and no amount of wishful thinking or Kum-Bay-Yah New Age sensitivity is going to change that.
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In some people their sensitivity is quite highly developed, which enables them to be receptive to information provided by spiritual forces.
7/7 Bombs – Police To Blame SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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Deng and Shi (2016) define a property called sensitivity, which is composed of precision (above section) and typical effect sizes.
Designing and evaluating metrics Sean J. Taylor 2021
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A recent addition to the writer-editor-reader relationship is something called a “sensitivity reader,” that is someone of diverse background who can advise on dicey cultural matters whom writers are now encouraged to consult.
Michael Wolff on Random House's Cancellation of Norman Mailer Janice Min 2022
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