English Dictionary

sensitivity

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌsɛnsɪˈtɪvɪti/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

The quality or state of being sensitive; sensitiveness. / The ability of an organism or organ to respond to external stimuli.

日本語の意味

敏感である性質や状態 / 外部からの刺激に対する反応性

Her sensitivity to criticism sometimes made team meetings difficult.

彼女の批判に対する敏感さが、会議を時々難しくしていた。

意味（1）

The quality or state of being sensitive; sensitiveness.

In any event, the incident, and the media attention it attracted, highlights the sensitivity of language politics in Singapore and is reflective of the fact that this sensitivity extends to campus life.

意味（2）

The ability of an organism or organ to respond to external stimuli.

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.

意味（3）

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

Coordinate term: specificity

意味（4）

(electronics) The degree of response of an instrument to a change in an input signal.

意味（5）

(photography) The degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength.

sensitivities （ plural ）