Synonym: predisposition, sensibility, sensitiveness. Similar words: sensitive, activity, density, productivity, intensity, transition, inquisitive, levity. Meaning: [sensɪˈtɪvɪtɪ] n. 1. (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation 2. the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences 3. sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others) 4. susceptibility to a pathogen 5. the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment.
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61. The sensitivity can be improved and interference from other ions diminished by extracting the red colour with a solvent.
62. This has led some doctors to dismiss the whole idea of chemical sensitivity and claim that all such patients are hyperventilating.
63. Some artists prefer the springy sensitivity of an open canvas whilst others prefer the hardness or smoothness of a board.
64. This is, without doubt, the most controversial aspect of food sensitivity.
65. Ears Ringing sounds in ears, vertigo, sensitivity to loud noise, sounds seeming very distant.
66. With Ian, his inner sensitivity has a negative effect mainly in his working environment.
67. Removing these areas of high sensitivity will make targets for reduction of sulphur dioxide emissions easier to reach.
68. Using data for a selection of metropolitan regions, the models will be tested for feasibility, accuracy and sensitivity.
69. So it seems unlikely that chemical sensitivity is allergic in origin.
70. Unfortunately, many of their acquaintances in the university showed considerable sensitivity to this latter mission of the Volunteers.
71. With this area desensitized, it is only a matter of time before the sensitivity of faith's communication is also numbed.
72. The band works with great arrangements, great sensitivity to the singers and with costume changes and even a couple comic bits.
73. Methods are obviously required to improve the sensitivity of diagnostic biliary cytology.
74. The unique features for elemental analysis are the direct monitoring of surface hydrogen and the extreme sensitivity to the outermost atomic layers.
75. A single incident suggests a great deal about Hennepinhis prudery, his belligerence, his sensitivity.
76. This lack of sensitivity to the wellsprings of quality largely stems from shopworn but doggedly persistent ideas on where to economize.
77. Such direct experience helps the nurse to develop sensitivity and self-awareness.
78. Of 61 adult patients with untreated coeliac disease, 57 had abnormal results giving a sensitivity of 0.93.
79. Of Hearst the man, Nasaw's careful portrait suggests greater vulnerability and sensitivity than most others have detected.
80. Over the years his admirable private-eye hero, Spenser, has revealed intriguing depths of sensitivity and literary appreciation. Sentencedict.com
81. Such criteria have, therefore, to be general and highly flexible allowing for sensitivity to people's aspirations.
82. Again, much depends on the sensitivity and commitment of the organizations and professionals involved.
83. Project appraisal involves many calculations which must be carried out a number of times to produce a proper sensitivity analysis.
84. But on the whole he carries it off with brio and sensitivity.
85. Salicylate sensitivity A man had small bowel Crohn's disease with multiple strictures diagnosed in 1976 at age 18 years.
86. If we wish children to develop awareness and sensitivity, Art and Nature must ramify their schooling from their early days.
87. An important aspect of such chaotic behaviour is sensitivity to initial conditions.
88. The task of discovering whether an ageing individual has a drink problem requires considerable tact and sensitivity.
89. Multiple sampling for exfoliative cytology has been shown to improve the sensitivity of the technique but is time consuming.
90. Where were the important elements: inventiveness, initiative, adaptability, intellectual curiosity, sensitivity, confidence, determination?
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