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
- noun A tendency to become annoyed or angry easily.
- noun (biology) The natural ability of a living cell or organism to react to a stimulus.
sensibility — full definition
- noun Emotional sensitivity, especially regarding artistic, aesthetic, or moral matters.
- noun The capacity to feel or perceive through the senses.
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