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UK
/sˌɛnsɪtˈɪvɪti/
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[ US /ˌsɛnsɪˈtɪvɪti/ ]
[ US /ˌsɛnsɪˈtɪvɪti/ ]
NOUN
- the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
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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 - susceptibility to a pathogen
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(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
sensitivity to pain - sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
How To Use sensitivity In A Sentence
- A single incident suggests a great deal about Hennepinhis prudery, his belligerence, his sensitivity.
- Superficially, the rationale of the style would seem to be its conjuncture of sensitivity and showmanship.
- Detecting by hydrogen flame ionization detector with gas chromatography increased sensitivity and decreased detection limit.
- An instrument used to measure tactile sensitivity.
- The pickup features an exclusive transducer that Guild claim offers advanced sensitivity and dynamic range as well as low noise levels.
- T cells identify antigens, and the antigen-sensitised T cells produce cytokines and other soluble factors which mediate the hypersensitivity reaction, or else they develop cytotoxicity. The Different Types of Dairy Allergy
- And the Puli will often show great sensitivity to the human's moods and feelings, actively communicating empathy.
- For instance, the apparent lack of sensitivity of GLRs to amino acids could reflect the orientation of the proteins within the heterologous host membrane, rather than insensitivity to ligands.
- In addition, two of the four dimensions that make up anxiety sensitivity -- the "fear of cognitive dyscontrol" and the "fear of publically observable anxiety symptoms" specifically predicted depression symptoms. Undefined
- But the autumn of 1945 was not a time noted for sensitivity to the legal niceties of high treason.