vulnerability; emotional sensitivity; inability to resist a particular external influence, impressionability
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Susceptibility Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The state or quality of being susceptible; the capability of receiving impressions, or of being affected.
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutSpecifically, capacity for deep feeling or emotional excitement; sensibility, in its broadest acceptation; impressibility; sensitiveness.
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.
similar words(1)
magnetic susceptibility
A specific capability of feeling or emotion
Noun
1. the state of being susceptible; easily affected
(synonym) susceptibleness
(antonym) unsusceptibility, immunity
(hypernym) condition, status
(hyponym) liability
(attribute) susceptible
Susceptibility Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
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 )
The inability of a device to continue to operate when subjected to radio frequency inteRFerence of a specified power level and frequency range.
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.
Integrated Geophysics CorporationSusceptibility Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
- In physics, the susceptibility of a material or substance describes its response to an applied field. There are many kinds of susceptibilities, for example:
- Magnetic susceptibility
- Electric susceptibility
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