Definition of Sensetivity
Sen`si*tiv"i*ty (?), n. 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.
Sen`si*tiv"i*ty (?), n. 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- the quality of being sensitive
- the ability of an organism or organ to respond to external stimuli
- (statistics) the proportion of individuals in a population that will be correctly identified in a binary test
- (electronics) the degree of response of an instrument to a change in an input signal
- (photography) the degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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