Sensitive word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "sensitive" word
[adjective] hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw"
[adjective] able to feel or perceive; "even amoeba are sensible creatures"; "the more sensible parts of the skin"
[adjective] responsive to physical stimuli; "a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"; "a sensitive voltmeter"; "sensitive skin"; "sensitive to light"
[adjective] having acute mental or emotional sensibility; "sensitive to the local community and its needs"
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(a) (Mech.) Having a capacity of being easily affected or moved; as, a sensitive thermometer; sensitive scales.
(b) (Chem. & Photog.) Readily affected or changed by certain appropriate agents; as, silver chloride or bromide, when in contact with certain organic substances, is extremely sensitive to actinic rays. 4. Serving to affect the sense; sensible. [R.] A sensitive love of some sensitive objects. --Hammond. 5. Of or pertaining to sensation; depending on sensation; as, sensitive motions; sensitive muscular motions excited by irritation. --E. Darwin. {Sensitive fern} (Bot.), an American fern ({Onoclea sensibilis}), the leaves of which, when plucked, show a slight tendency to fold together. {Sensitive flame} (Physics), a gas flame so arranged that under a suitable adjustment of pressure it is exceedingly sensitive to sounds, being caused to roar, flare, or become suddenly shortened or extinguished, by slight sounds of the proper pitch. {Sensitive joint vetch} (Bot.), an annual leguminous herb ({[AE]schynomene hispida}), with sensitive foliage. {Sensitive paper}, paper prepared for photographic purpose by being rendered sensitive to the effect of light. {Sensitive plant}. (Bot.)
(a) A leguminous plant ({Mimosa pudica}, or {M. sensitiva}, and other allied species), the leaves of which close at the slightest touch.
(b) Any plant showing motions after irritation, as the sensitive brier ({Schrankia}) of the Southern States, two common American species of Cassia ({C. nictitans}, and {C. Cham[ae]crista}), a kind of sorrel ({Oxalis sensitiva}), etc.
Synonyms for sensitive
alive(p), classified, delicate, erogenous, excitable, highly sensitive, huffy, irritable, light-sensitive, nociceptive, oversensitive, painful, photosensitive, radiosensitive, reactive, sensible, sore, tender, thin-skinned, touchy
Antonyms: insensible, insensitive
See also: aware(p) | conscious | responsive | sensitive | susceptible |
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Let's analyse "sensitive" as pure text. This string has Nine letters in Three syllables and Four vowels. 44.4% of vowels is 5.8% more then average English word. Written in backwards: EVITISNES. Average typing speed for these characters is 2520 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
sensitive: 5 + 9 + 9 + 5 = 28, reduced: 1 . and the final result is One. |
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