Sensitivity

Quick meaning: Sensitivity is a noun meaning The quality or state of being sensitive; sensitiveness.

Meaning

The quality or state of being sensitive; sensitiveness.

More Meanings

1. (biology) The ability of an organism or organ to respond to external stimuli.
2. (statistics) The probability, in a binary classification test, of a true positive being correctly identified.
3. (electronics) The degree of response of an instrument to a change in an input signal.
4. (gaming) The rate at which the player's facing direction or position changes relative to input device movement.
5. (photography) The degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength.

Example Sentences

Coordinate term: specificity

Since he played with high sensitivity, he only needed to move the mouse a tiny distance to rotate a full 360 degrees.

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.

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.

Word Forms

• sensitivities

Synonyms for sensitivity

Depending on context, synonyms include sensibility, predisposition, sensitiveness.

Antonyms for sensitivity

Common opposites include insensitivity, insensitiveness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sensitiveness, sensibility, predisposition, sensation, sensitive, tact.

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