Noun Definition

sensitivity

1.Definition: (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation

"Sensitivity to pain"

Related Noun(s):sensibility, sensitiveness

Category: General

2.Definition: sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)

Related Noun(s):sensitiveness

Category: Feelings

3.Definition: susceptibility to a pathogen

Related Noun(s):predisposition

Category: General

4.Definition: the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment

Related Noun(s):sensitiveness

Category: General

5.Definition: 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"

Related Noun(s):sensitiveness

Category: General