Definition of sensitive

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Sensitive (a.) Readily affected or changed by certain appropriate agents; as, silver chloride or bromide, when in contact with certain organic substances, is extremely sensitive to actinic rays..

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Plate :: Plate (n.) A sheet of glass, porcelain, metal, etc., with a coating that is sensitive to light..
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..
Thin-skinned :: Thin-skinned (a.) Having a thin skin; hence, sensitive; irritable..
Pachydermatous :: Pachydermatous (a.) Thick-skinned; not sensitive to ridicule.
Acuteness :: Acuteness (n.) The faculty of nice discernment or perception; acumen; keenness; sharpness; sensitiveness; -- applied to the senses, or the understanding. By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions: by acuteness of intellect, we discern nice distinctions..
Soul :: Soul (n.) The spiritual, rational, and immortal part in man; that part of man which enables him to think, and which renders him a subject of moral government; -- sometimes, in distinction from the higher nature, or spirit, of man, the so-called animal soul, that is, the seat of life, the sensitive affections and phantasy, exclusive of the voluntary and rational powers; -- sometimes, in distinction from the mind, the moral and emotional part of man's nature, the seat of feeling, in distinction fr
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..
Alive :: Alive (a.) Having susceptibility; easily impressed; having lively feelings, as opposed to apathy; sensitive..
High-strung :: High-strung (a.) Strung to a high pitch; spirited; sensitive; as, a high-strung horse..
Sentient :: Sentient (a.) Having a faculty, or faculties, of sensation and perception. Specif. (Physiol.), especially sensitive; as, the sentient extremities of nerves, which terminate in the various organs or tissues..
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..
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.
Impressible :: Impressible (a.) Capable of being impressed; susceptible; sensitive.
Cold :: Cold (n.) Not sensitive; not acute.
Gross :: Gross (superl.) Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless.
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..
Irritable :: Irritable (a.) Susceptible of irritation; unduly sensitive to irritants or stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3..
Sensibly :: Sensibly (adv.) In a sensible manner; so as to be perceptible to the senses or to the mind; appreciably; with perception; susceptibly; sensitively.
Chromatype :: Chromatype (n.) A colored photographic picture taken upon paper made sensitive with potassium bichromate or some other salt of chromium.
Passion :: Passion (n.) The state of the mind when it is powerfully acted upon and influenced by something external to itself; the state of any particular faculty which, under such conditions, becomes extremely sensitive or uncontrollably excited; any emotion or sentiment (specifically, love or anger) in a state of abnormal or controlling activity; an extreme or inordinate desire; also, the capacity or susceptibility of being so affected; as, to be in a passion; the passions of love, hate, jealously, wrath
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