sensitivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛn.sɪˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/
ipa: /ˈsɛnsɪvəti/
ipa: /ˌsɛn.səˈtɪv.ə.ti/
ipa: [ˌsɛn.səˈtɪv.ə.ɾi]
ipa: /ˈsɛn.sɪ.və.ti/
Forms: form: sensitivities
Etymology: From sensitive + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: In any event, the incident, and the media attention it attracted, highlights the sensitivity of language politics in Singapore and is reflective of the fact that this sensitivity extends to campus life.
ref: 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 3:
text: Owing to sensitivities about the force's capabilities, Russell is unable to say how many drones BTP has, or where and when they operate. But he does confide that the force works hand in hand with the helicopter service, and its ability to deploy drones is getting quicker.
ref: 2022 February 9, Tom Allett, “The BTP's eyes and ears in the air”, in RAIL, number 950, page 50:
glosses: The quality or state of being sensitive; sensitiveness.
examples: text: The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.
ref: 2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture”, in American Scientist, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2014:
text: A coenzyme that exists in all living cells, NAD+ plays a central role in the body’s biological processes, such as regulating cellular energy, increasing insulin sensitivity and reversing mitochondrial dysfunction.
ref: 2022 June 2, Sandee LaMotte, “The ‘Benjamin Button’ effect: Scientists can reverse aging in mice. The goal is to do the same for humans”, in CNN:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The ability of an organism or organ to respond to external stimuli.
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The ability of an organism or organ to respond to external stimuli.
Vulnerability to medical treatment: Synonym of susceptibility.
raw_tags: of a pathogen
examples: Coordinate term: specificity
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: The probability, in a binary classification test, of a true positive being correctly identified.
examples: text: Up to 1,884 microplastic particles were found per cubic metre of seawater in some locations, up to 18 times higher than in similar tests during the last Ocean Race, which ended in 2018. Scientists noted that the sensitivity of their instruments is now higher.
ref: 2023 June 5, Yvonne Gordon, “Microplastics found in every sample of water taken during Ocean Race”, in The Guardian:
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The degree of response of an instrument to a change in an input signal.
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: The degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength.
Derived terms: case sensitivity
case-sensitivity
chemical sensitivity
chemosensitivity
climate sensitivity
corticosensitivity
cryosensitivity
ecosensitivity
electrosensitivity
gravisensitivity
hemosensitivity
hypersensitivity
hyposensitivity
immunosensitivity
magnetosensitivity
mechanosensitivity
meteosensitivity
multiple chemical sensitivity
offensensitivity
oversensitivity
oxidosensitivity
pansensitivity
phosphosensitivity
photosensitivity
psychrosensitivity
radiosensitivity
rejection sensitivity
sensitivity read
sensitivity reader
sensory processing sensitivity
subsensitivity
supersensitivity
thermosensitivity
triplosensitivity
ultrasensitivity
undersensitivity
unsensitivity