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.
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.
The probability, in a binary classification test, of a true positive being correctly identified.
Coordinate term: specificity
From sensitive + -ity.
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