sensitivity

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The quality or state of being sensitive

   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.
2. 2

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

   • A coenzyme that exists in all living cells, NAD+ plays a central role in the body’s biological processes, such as regulating cellular energy, increasing insulin sensitivity and reversing mitochondrial dysfunction.
3. 3

   The probability, in a binary classification test, of a true positive being correctly…

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

   • Coordinate term: specificity
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   1. 4

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

   2. 5

      The rate at which the player's facing direction or position changes relative to input…

      The rate at which the player's facing direction or position changes relative to input device movement.

      • Since he played with high sensitivity, he only needed to move the mouse a tiny distance to rotate a full 360 degrees.
   3. 6

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

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