sensitivity
English
/ˌsɛnsɪˈtɪvɪti/
noun
Definitions
- The quality or state of being sensitive; sensitiveness.
- The ability of an organism or organ to respond to external stimuli.
- (statistics) The proportion of individuals in a population that will be correctly identified in a binary classification test.
- (electronics) The degree of response of an instrument to a change in an input signal.
- (photography) The degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength.
Etymology
Suffix from English sensitive.
Origin
English
sensitive
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antihypersensitivity English
- barosensitive English
- chemoinsensitivity English
- chemoradiosensitivity English
- chemosensitive English
- chemosensitivity English
- cold-sensitive English
- corticosensitivity English
- cryosensitive English
- cryosensitivity English
- ecosensitive English
- electrohypersensitivity English
- electrosensitive English
- electrosensitivity English
- gravisensitivity English
- hemosensitive English
- hemosensitivity English
- hydrosensitive English
- hypersensitive English
- hypersensitivity English
- hyposensitive English
- hyposensitivity English
- immunosensitive English
- immunosensitivity English
- insensitive English
- insensitivity English
- light-sensitive English
- magnetosensitive English
- magnetosensitivity English
- mechanosensitive English
- mechanosensitivity English
- metabosensitive English
- meteosensitivity English
- morphosensitive English
- nonsensitive English
- osmosensitive English
- oversensitive English
- oversensitivity English
- oxidosensitivity English
- pansensitive English
- pansensitivity English
- pharmacosensitive English
- phosphosensitive English
- phosphosensitivity English
- photosensitive English
- photosensitivity English
- piezosensitive English
- pseudohypersensitivity English
- psychrosensitive English
- psychrosensitivity English
- radiosensitive English
- radiosensitivity English
- sensitive English
- sensitively English
- sensitiveness English
- sensitize English
- serosensitive English
- somatosensitive English
- subsensitive English
- subsensitivity English
- supersensitive English
- supersensitivity English
- thermosensitive English
- thermosensitivity English
- triplosensitive English
- triplosensitivity English
- ultrasensitive English
- ultrasensitivity English
- undersensitive English
- undersensitivity English
- unsensitive English
- unsensitivity English
- viscerosensitive English
- sensitivo Spanish, Castilian
- sensitib Cebuano
- sensitif Middle French
- sensitive
- sensitize
- insensitive
- unsensitive
- sensitively
- ecosensitive
- nonsensitive
- pansensitive
- subsensitive
- oversensitive
- osmosensitive
- hemosensitive
- serosensitive
- hyposensitive
- insensitivity
- cryosensitive
- barosensitive
- unsensitivity
- sensitiveness
- piezosensitive
- cold-sensitive
- pansensitivity
- subsensitivity
- photosensitive
- hydrosensitive
- hypersensitive
- supersensitive
- chemosensitive
- undersensitive
- ultrasensitive
- radiosensitive
- immunosensitive
- hemosensitivity
- morphosensitive
- metabosensitive
- cryosensitivity
- light-sensitive
- hyposensitivity
- somatosensitive
- triplosensitive
- oversensitivity
- thermosensitive
- hypersensitivity
- photosensitivity
- meteosensitivity
- oxidosensitivity
- chemosensitivity
- gravisensitivity
- undersensitivity
- radiosensitivity
- supersensitivity
- electrosensitive
- mechanosensitive
- ultrasensitivity
- magnetosensitive
- phosphosensitive
- viscerosensitive
- psychrosensitive
- thermosensitivity
- immunosensitivity
- pharmacosensitive
- triplosensitivity
- psychrosensitivity
- chemoinsensitivity
- electrosensitivity
- mechanosensitivity
- phosphosensitivity
- corticosensitivity
- magnetosensitivity
- antihypersensitivity
- chemoradiosensitivity
- pseudohypersensitivity
- electrohypersensitivity