Definition of sensitive

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Sensitive (a.) Having a capacity of being easily affected or moved; as, a sensitive thermometer; sensitive scales..

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Raw :: Raw (n.) A raw, sore, or galled place; a sensitive spot; as, to touch one on the raw..
Boniform :: Boniform (a.) Sensitive or responsive to moral excellence.
Sensibly :: Sensibly (adv.) In a sensible manner; so as to be perceptible to the senses or to the mind; appreciably; with perception; susceptibly; sensitively.
Plate :: Plate (n.) A sheet of glass, porcelain, metal, etc., with a coating that is sensitive to light..
Develop :: Develop (v. i.) To become apparent gradually; as, a picture on sensitive paper develops on the application of heat; the plans of the conspirators develop..
Irritation :: Irritation (n.) A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action.
Chromatype :: Chromatype (n.) A colored photographic picture taken upon paper made sensitive with potassium bichromate or some other salt of chromium.
Sensitive :: Sensitive (a.) Having quick and acute sensibility, either to the action of external objects, or to impressions upon the mind and feelings; highly susceptible; easily and acutely affected..
Sore :: Sore (superl.) Fig.: Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation..
Sensitivity :: Sensitivity (n.) The quality or state of being sensitive; -- used chiefly in science and the arts; as, the sensitivity of iodized silver..
Radiomicrometer :: Radiomicrometer (n.) A very sensitive modification or application of the thermopile, used for indicating minute changes of radiant heat, or temperature..
Sensitive :: Sensitive (a.) Of or pertaining to sensation; depending on sensation; as, sensitive motions; sensitive muscular motions excited by irritation..
Susceptible :: Susceptibility (n.) Specifically, capacity for deep feeling or emotional excitement; sensibility, in its broadest acceptation; impressibility; sensitiveness..
Mimosa :: Mimosa (n.) A genus of leguminous plants, containing many species, and including the sensitive plants (Mimosa sensitiva, and M. pudica)..
Quick :: Quick (n.) The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible of serious injury or keen feeling; the sensitive living flesh; the part of a finger or toe to which the nail is attached; the tender emotions; as, to cut a finger nail to the quick; to thrust a sword to the quick, to taunt one to the quick; -- used figuratively..
Sensitize :: Sensitize (v. t.) To render sensitive, or susceptible of being easily acted on by the actinic rays of the sun; as, sensitized paper or plate..
Photography :: Photography (n.) The science which relates to the action of light on sensitive bodies in the production of pictures, the fixation of images, and the like..
Insensitive :: Insensitive (a.) Not sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute sensibility..
Gross :: Gross (superl.) Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless.
Daguerreotype :: Daguerreotype (n.) An early variety of photograph, produced on a silver plate, or copper plate covered with silver, and rendered sensitive by the action of iodine, or iodine and bromine, on which, after exposure in the camera, the latent image is developed by the vapor of mercury..
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