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Sensitivity
 sensitivities
stat. sensibilidades
 sensitivity
agric. tech. sensibilidade
antenn. opt. limiar de detecção
el. limiar do fluxo luminoso
nat.sc. gen. sensitividade
 | Level
 level
coal. jazida sub-horizontal
comp., MS nível
construct. soleira
life.sc. nível
life.sc. tech. nivelamento direto
met. nivelar; fluir; lacar
transp. nível topográfico
transp. construct. nível de pleno armazenamento

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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
 English thesaurus
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
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