sensitivity : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sensitivity	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for sensitivity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sensitivity n (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation; "sensitivity to pain" Synonym(s): sensitivity, sensitiveness, sensibility the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences; "a galvanometer of extreme sensitivity"; "the sensitiveness of Mimosa leaves does not depend on a change of growth" Synonym(s): sensitivity, sensitiveness sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others) Synonym(s): sensitivity, sensitiveness susceptibility to a pathogen Synonym(s): sensitivity, predisposition the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment Synonym(s): sensitivity, sensitiveness Antonym(s): insensitiveness, insensitivity
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sensitivity \Sen`sitiv"ity\, 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.