SENSITIVITY

Sensitivity

The sensitivity of an electronic device, such as a communications system receiver, or detection device, such as a PIN diode, is the minimum magnitude of input signal required to produce a specified output signal having a specified signal-to-noise ratio, or other specified criteria.

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sensitivity

Noun

  1. The quality of being sensitive.
  2. The ability of an organism or organ to respond to external stimuli.
  3. The proportion of individuals in a population that will be correctly identified in a binary classification test.
  4. The degree of response of an instrument to a change in an input signal.
  5. The degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength.


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