English Dictionary: susceptibility | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Susceptibility \Sus*cep`ti*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Susceptibilities}. [Cf. F. susceptibilit[82].] 1. The state or quality of being susceptible; the capability of receiving impressions, or of being affected. 2. Specifically, capacity for deep feeling or emotional excitement; sensibility, in its broadest acceptation; impressibility; sensitiveness. {Magnetic susceptibility} (Physics), the intensity of magnetization of a body placed in a uniform megnetic field of unit strength. --Sir W. Thomson. Syn: Capability; sensibility; feeling; emotion. |