English to English
noun
- (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
Sensitivity to pain.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
source: WordNet 3.0
- susceptibility to a pathogen
source: WordNet 3.0
- the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
source: WordNet 3.0
- The quality or state of being sensitive; -- used chiefly in science and the arts; as, the sensitivity of iodized silver.
source: Webster 1913
