Sensitivity

Definition of Sensitivity

Sen`si`tiv´i`ty

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

Sensitivity and emotivity have also been used as the scientific term for the capacity of feeling.

- Hickok.

Related Words

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