English dictionary: words starting with sens - page 2

noun

The quality of being easily upset by the things people say or do

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Because of her sensitiveness, she had few friends., he was a little ashamed of his sensitiveness to…

noun

A person who is believed to respond to paranormal influences.

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Thus, the positive results demonstrated by the sensitives do not appear to have resulted from ubiqu…

adjective

Quick to detect or respond to slight changes, signals, or influences.

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The new method of protein detection was more sensitive than earlier ones

noun

A sensitive person, especially one who is very susceptible or responsive to artistic or emotional impressions; a person of a delicate or tender disposition.

noun

The quality or condition of being sensitive.

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A total lack of common decency and sensitivity

noun

The quality or condition of being sensitive.

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A total lack of common decency and sensitivity

noun

The quality or condition of responding to certain stimuli in a sensitive manner.

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The aim of the activity was to develop sensitization to issues of diversity in the classroom

verb

Cause (someone or something) to respond to certain stimuli; make sensitive.

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The introductory section aims to sensitize students to the methodology of the course

verb

Cause (someone or something) to respond to certain stimuli; make sensitive.

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The introductory section aims to sensitize students to the methodology of the course

verb

Cause (someone or something) to respond to certain stimuli; make sensitive.

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The introductory section aims to sensitize students to the methodology of the course

verb

Cause (someone or something) to respond to certain stimuli; make sensitive.

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The introductory section aims to sensitize students to the methodology of the course

noun

A device for measuring the sensitivity of photographic equipment to light.

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There is a device called a sensitometer, which exposes the film so that when the film is developed,…

noun

A device for measuring the sensitivity of photographic equipment to light.

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There is a device called a sensitometer, which exposes the film so that when the film is developed,…

adjective

Of or relating to sensitometry.

noun

The measurement of the sensitivity of photographic film, plates, etc., to light or radiation; the study of the response of photographic materials to exposure and processing.

adjective

Sensory.

adjective

Of, relating to, or having the function of sensation or sense perception; = "sensitive".

noun

A device which detects or measures a physical property and records, indicates, or otherwise responds to it.

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To ensure greater response and surer handling, the engineers used electronic sensors to monitor eac…

noun

The sensory apparatus or faculties considered as a whole.

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Virtual reality technology directed at recreating the human sensorium

adjective

Relating to sensation or the senses.

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Sensorial stimulation

adjective

(of nerves or their actions) having or involving both sensory and motor functions or pathways.

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This indicates the presence of complete sensorimotor reflex pathways within the organ wall.

adjective

(of hearing loss) caused by a lesion or disease of the inner ear or the auditory nerve.

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To some extent the utility of the various hearing screening tests depends on the age of the patient…

adjective

Used to refer to a type of hearing loss caused by damage to, or disease in, the the inner ear or by damage to the auditory nerve (= a nerve in the ear that carries electrical signals from the inner ear to the brain)

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Joey has sensorineural hearing loss., it is the most common cause of sensorineural deafness in chil…

noun

The sensory apparatus or faculties considered as a whole.

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Virtual reality technology directed at recreating the human sensorium

noun

The sensory apparatus or faculties considered as a whole.

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Virtual reality technology directed at recreating the human sensorium

noun

A device which detects or measures a physical property and records, indicates, or otherwise responds to it.

Usage examples:

To ensure greater response and surer handling, the engineers used electronic sensors to monitor eac…

adjective

Relating to sensation or the physical senses; transmitted or perceived by the senses.

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Sensory input