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sensitivity ['sensɪ'tɪvɪtɪ] n
agric., tech. sensibilidade
antenn., opt. limiar de detecção
el. limiar do fluxo luminoso
nat.sc. sensitividade
work.fl., IT taxa de revocação
sensitivities n
stat. sensibilidades
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sensitivity ['sensɪ'tɪvɪtɪ] abbr.
abbr., biol. s
IT A measure of the impact that improper disclosure of information may have on an enterprise
med. The probability that a medical test will detect the condition being tested for in people who actually have the condition. In other words, a sensitive test is one that produces true positive results. For example, the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ELISA HIV antibody test is highly sensitive, which means the test can detect HIV in most people infected with HIV. However, because the ELISA can sometimes mistakenly recognize antibodies to other diseases as antibodies to HIV a false positive result, a Western Blot or other HIV test is used to confirm a positive ELISA HIV antibody test. see also specificity, true positive
metrol. The change in the response of a measuring instrument divided by the corresponding change in the stimulus
sensitivity: 230 phrases in 33 subjects
Agriculture1
Automatic control1
Coal2
Communications27
Cultural studies1
Earth sciences15
Economy1
Electronics72
Environment6
Finances6
General8
Health care8
Industry3
Information technology4
International Monetary Fund4
Law3
Life sciences1
Lighting other than cinema2
Mathematics5
Mechanic engineering1
Medical12
Metallurgy5
Microsoft6
Natural sciences7
Pharmacy and pharmacology2
Piezoelectric crystals1
Radio5
Radiobiology1
Semiconductors2
Statistics1
Technology3
Transport6
Vacuum tubes8

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