Definition of Susceptibility

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susceptibility
n. vulnerability; emotional sensitivity; inability to resist a particular external influence, impressionability

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Susceptibility Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Susceptibility
(n.)
The state or quality of being susceptible; the capability of receiving impressions, or of being affected.
  
(n.)
Specifically, capacity for deep feeling or emotional excitement; sensibility, in its broadest acceptation; impressibility; sensitiveness.
  

WordNet 2.0
susceptibility

Noun
1. the state of being susceptible; easily affected
(synonym) susceptibleness
(antonym) unsusceptibility, immunity
(hypernym) condition, status
(hyponym) liability
(attribute) susceptible

hEnglish - advanced version
susceptibility

susceptibility
\sus*cep`ti*bil"i*ty\ (?), n.; pl. susceptibilities (#). [cf. f. susceptibilité.]
1. the state or quality of being susceptible; the capability of receiving impressions, or of being affected.
2. specifically, capacity for deep feeling or emotional excitement; sensibility, in its broadest acceptation; impressibility; sensitiveness.


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 magnetic susceptibility 

for Vocabulary Exams of KPDS, YDS,UDS (in Turkey); and SAT in America
susceptibility
A specific capability of feeling or emotion


Susceptibility Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries

Telecommunication Standard Terms
susceptibility
In electronic warfare, the degree to which electronic equipment is affected by electromagnetic energy radiated by an enemy's equipment, such as jamming transmitters. (188 )

AJA_RF Technical and TestTerminology
Susceptibility
The inability of a device to continue to operate when subjected to radio frequency inteRFerence of a specified power level and frequency range.

Gravity/Magnetic Glossary
Susceptibility
A measure of the degree to which a substance may be magnetized. It is a ratio k of the intensity of magnetization I to the causative magnetic field H. It is typically expressed in micro cgs units for oil and gas exploration work. Susceptibility has been shown to be proportional to the volume percentage of magnetite contained in a rock. Susceptibility contrast is the susceptibility difference between two rocks or geologic bodies. See Density Contrast.


Susceptibility Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Susceptibility
  • In physics, the susceptibility of a material or substance describes its response to an applied field. There are two kinds of susceptibilities:
Magnetic susceptibility
Electric susceptibility

These two susceptibilities are particular examples of a linear response function; sometimes the terms susceptibility and linear response function are used interchangeably.


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