sensitivity, sensitiveness
(noun) the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
sensitivity, sensitiveness
(noun) 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”
sensitivity, sensitiveness, sensibility
(noun) (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation; “sensitivity to pain”
sensitivity, sensitiveness
(noun) sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
sensitivity, predisposition
(noun) susceptibility to a pathogen
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sensitivity (countable and uncountable, plural sensitivities)
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.
Source: Wiktionary
Sen`si*tiv"i*ty, n.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 June 2025
(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
