sensitivity

English

Etymology

sensitive +‎ -ity

Noun

sensitivity (countable and uncountable, plural sensitivities)

1. The quality of being sensitive.
2. The ability of an organism or organ to respond to external stimuli.
   • 2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture”, in American Scientist:

     The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.

3. (statistics) The proportion of individuals in a population that will be correctly identified in a binary classification test.
4. (electronics) The degree of response of an instrument to a change in an input signal.
5. (photography) The degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength.

Derived terms

• high-sensitivity

Translations

the quality of being sensitive

• Czech: citlivost (cs)
• Finnish: herkkyys (fi)
• French: sensibilité (fr) f
• Georgian: მგრძნობიარობა (mgrʒnobiaroba)
• Irish: íogaireacht f
• Italian: sensibilità (it)
• Korean: 민감 (ko) (민감)
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• Polish: czułość (pl) f, wrażliwość (pl) f
• Romanian: sensibilitate (ro) f
• Russian: чувстви́тельность (ru) f (čuvstvítelʹnostʹ)
• Spanish: sensibilidad (es) f
• Swedish: känslighet (sv) c
• Tagalog: pagkamatugunin

the ability of an organism or organ to respond to external stimuli

• Dutch: gevoeligheid (nl) f
• Finnish: havaintokyky
• French: sensibilité (fr) f
• German: Empfindlichkeit (de)
• Italian: sensibilità (it)
• Korean: 감수성 (ko) (감수성)
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• Romanian: sensibilitate (ro) f
• Russian: чувстви́тельность (ru) f (čuvstvítelʹnostʹ), восприи́мчивость (ru) f (vospriímčivostʹ)
• Spanish: sensibilidad (es) f
• Tagalog: pagkamatugunin

the proportion of positive individuals in a population that will be correctly identified in a binary test

• Catalan: sensibilitat f
• Dutch: sensitiviteit (nl) f
• Finnish: erottelukyky (fi)
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• French: sensibilité (fr) f, sélectivité (fr) f
• Portuguese: sensibilidade (pt) f
• Spanish: sensibilidad (es) f

the degree of response of an instrument to a change in an input signal

• Dutch: gevoeligheid (nl) f, ontvankelijkheid (nl)
• Finnish: herkkyys (fi)
• French: sensibilité (fr) f
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• Korean: 감수성 (ko) (감수성)
• Romanian: sensibilitate (ro) f
• Russian: чувстви́тельность (ru) f (čuvstvítelʹnostʹ)
• Spanish: sensibilidad (es) f

the degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength

• Catalan: sensibilitat f
• Dutch: gevoeligheid (nl) f
• Finnish: herkkyys (fi)
• French: sensibilité (fr) f
• Galician: sensibilidade (gl) f
• German: Empfindlichkeit (de) f
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• Hungarian: érzékenység (hu)
• Italian: sensibilità (it) f
• Portuguese: sensibilidade (pt) f
• Romanian: sensibilitate (ro) f
• Russian: чувстви́тельность (ru) f (čuvstvítelʹnostʹ)
• Spanish: sensibilidad (es) f

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} gevoeligheid (nl) f
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References

• sensitivity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia