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sensitive (adjective), more sensitive, most sensitive
1. Concerning something that is very easily responsive and susceptible to stimuli: The mercury in a thermometer is sensitive to changes in temperature.

The tips of the fingers are considered to be very sensitive.

Bats are sensitive to sounds that humans can't hear.

Photographic film is sensitive to light.
2. Regarding something highly secret or of delicate government matters: The agent was caught revealing sensitive data to officials in another country.

This entry is located in the following unit: senso-, sens-, sensi-, sensori-, sent- (page 7)
sensitive, sensual, sensuous
sensitive (SEN si tiv) (adjective)
1. Referring to a person's character which is susceptible or easily hurt: Sam was aware of her sensitive nature and tried to be gentle when he told her about the accident.
2. Descriptive of secret or classified information: The sensitive documents for which the minister was responsible were accidentally left in the restaurant.
3. Regarding a condition which is easily susceptible to change or fluctuation: The temperature in the room was sensitive as the result of the drafts coming in through the crack in the window.
sensual (SEN shoo uhl) (adjective)
Worldly; pertaining to the gratification of one's physical appetites or desires: Linda sought to satisfy her sensual desires by dressing in an extravagant manner and dining in elegant restaurants.
sensuous (SEN shoo uhs) (adjective)
Characterized by the impressions or imagery of the senses: Going to the museum was a sensuous feast for my artistic appetite.

The well-known and sensitive news reporter was awarded prizes of excellence for a series of articles that provided sensuous descriptions of those who are looking for physical gratifications in other parts of the world in order to satisfy their sensual desires.

Word Entries containing the term: “sensitive
thermally sensitive resistor (s) (noun), thermally sensitive resistors (pl)
A device that can be used to measure temperatures and to track their changes: Some new homes have been built with thermally sensitive resistors attached to the heating and cooling systems in order to monitor them and hopefully to control the use of energy in a more effective way.
voltage-sensitive resistor, voltage sensitive resistor
A resistor whose value varies with applied voltage over at least a part of its voltage range.

It might consist of one or more mineral crystals or two or more metallic oxide disks, but it does not have rectifying properties.

This entry is located in the following unit: volt + (page 7)