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Responsiveness
//ɹɪˈspɒnsɪvnɪs// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 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 the quality of being responsive; reacting quickly; as a quality of people, it involves responding with emotion to people and events wordnet
- 3 The ability of a machine to adjust to external influences. countable, uncountable
"The responsiveness of my old PC is nearly zero!"
- 4 responsive to stimulation wordnet
Etymology
From responsive + -ness.
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