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Empfindlichkeit — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • irritability noun A tendency to become annoyed or angry easily.
  • sensibility noun Emotional sensitivity, especially regarding artistic, aesthetic, or moral matters.
  • sensitivity noun The quality of being easily affected or upset.

Senses

Empfindlichkeit is used for these senses in English:

  • irritability The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability.
  • selectivity The ability of a radio receiver to separate a desired signal frequency from others.
  • sensibility The ability to sense, feel or perceive; responsiveness to sensory stimuli; sensitivity. [from 15th c.]
  • sensitivity (biology) The ability of an organism or organ to respond to external stimuli.
  • sensitivity (electronics) The degree of response of an instrument to a change in an input signal.
  • sensitivity (photography) The degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength.

irritability — full definition

  1. noun A tendency to become annoyed or angry easily.
  2. noun (biology) The natural ability of a living cell or organism to react to a stimulus.

sensibility — full definition

  1. noun Emotional sensitivity, especially regarding artistic, aesthetic, or moral matters.
  2. noun The capacity to feel or perceive through the senses.

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