sensitivity

About 21.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The quality or state of being sensitive; sensitiveness.
2. noun The ability of an organism or organ to respond to external stimuli. Vulnerability to medical treatment: Synonym of susceptibility.

   Derived terms: sensitivity testing

3. noun Vulnerability to medical treatment: Synonym of susceptibility.

   Derived terms: sensitivity testing

4. noun The probability, in a binary classification test, of a true positive being correctly identified.
5. noun The degree of response of an instrument to a change in an input signal.
6. noun The rate at which the player's facing direction or position changes relative to input device movement.

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

7. noun The degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength.

Similar words

sensitiveness sensibility predisposition sensation sensitive tact sense feeling acuity acumen

Often followed by

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Word family

sensitivities