Responsiveness

//ɹɪˈspɒnsɪvnɪs// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality or state of being responsive. countable, uncountable

    "Cell-mediated immunity is impaired after burn injury, including documented delays in allograft rejection, impairment in mitogenic and anogenic responsiveness of lymphocytes, burn-size-related suppression of graftversus-host activity, suppression of delayed cutaneous sensitivity tests, and diminution of peripheral lymphocytes and thoracic duct lymphocyte concentration."

  2. 2
    the quality of being responsive; reacting quickly; as a quality of people, it involves responding with emotion to people and events wordnet
  3. 3
    The ability of a machine to adjust to external influences. countable, uncountable

    "The responsiveness of my old PC is nearly zero!"

  4. 4
    responsive to stimulation wordnet

Synonyms

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Example

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"This company's responsiveness to my complaint is poor."

Etymology

From responsive + -ness.

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