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sensitivity

/ˌsɛnsɪˈtɪvɪti/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The quality or state of being sensitive; sensitiveness.
  2. The ability of an organism or organ to respond to external stimuli.
  3. The proportion of individuals in a population that will be correctly identified in a binary classification test.
  4. The degree of response of an instrument to a change in an input signal.
  5. The degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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