vulnerability
nounEtymology
From vulnerable + -ity.
- derived from vulnerō
- borrowed from vulnerābilis
Definitions
The state of being vulnerable
The state of being vulnerable; susceptibility to attack or injury, either physical or emotional; the state or condition of being weak or poorly defended.
- The country recognized their defence vulnerability after an airplane landed in front of the central square without any consequences.
- The only disadvantage of timber snow fencing is its extreme vulnerability to fire.
- Though scientists do not know how stress affects gestation, Fukuda theorizes that the vulnerability of Y-bearing sperm cells, male embryos and/or male fetuses to stress is why “subtle significant changes in sex ratios” occur.
A specific weakness in the protections or defences surrounding someone or something.
A weakness which allows an attacker to reduce a system's security.
- Experts told CNN it could take weeks to address the vulnerabilities and that suspected Chinese hackers are already attempting to exploit it.
The neighborhood
- synonymvulnerableness
- antonyminvulnerability
- neighborvulnerable
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at vulnerability. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at vulnerability. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at vulnerability
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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