Dictionary Entry
sensitivity
sensitivity is a 11-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The quality or state of being sensitive; -- used chiefly in science and the arts; as, the sensitivity of iodized silver. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 18 · 6 senses
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- 1noun
The quality or state of being sensitive; -- used chiefly in science and the arts; as, the sensitivity of iodized silver.
- 2noun
the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
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- 3noun
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"
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- 4noun
(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
"sensitivity to pain"
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- 5noun
sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
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- 6noun
susceptibility to a pathogen
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