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Definition of: sensitivity
(sen′sə·tiv′ə·tē) noun
1. The state or degree of being sensitive; sensitiveness.
2. Physiol. The degree of acuteness with which sensations are discriminated; irritability, as of organs: distinguished from sensibility, in which the mental side is more prominent.
3. The degree of responsiveness to an electric current or to radio waves.
4. Phot. Sensitiveness to light.
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