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Meaning of 'sensitivity' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sensitivity [ n.]
- The quality or state of being sensitive; -- used chiefly in science and the arts; as, the sensitivity of iodized silver.

Meaning of 'sensitivity' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . sensitivity [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences
Example in sentence:
  • a galvanometer of extreme sensitivity;
  • the sensitiveness of Mimosa leaves does not depend on a change of growth
Meaning (2):
- (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
Example in sentence:
  • sensitivity to pain

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