sensitivity

English Online Dictionary. What means sensitivity‎? What does sensitivity mean?

English

Etymology

From sensitive +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛnsɪˈtɪvɪti/, (rare) /ˈsɛnsɪvəti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛnsəˈtɪvəti/, (rare) /ˈsɛnsɪvəti/

Noun

sensitivity (countable and uncountable, plural sensitivities)

1. The quality or state of being sensitive; sensitiveness.
2. (biology) The ability of an organism or organ to respond to external stimuli.
   2. (biology, medicine, of a pathogen) Vulnerability to medical treatment: Synonym of susceptibility.

      Derived terms: sensitivity testing

3. (statistics) The probability, in a binary classification test, of a true positive being correctly identified.

   Coordinate term: specificity

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.

Antonyms

• insensitivity

Derived terms

Translations

References

• sensitivity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “sensitivity”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.