degree of sensitivity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdegreeandsensitivity
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degree
noun
uk/dɪˈɡriː/us/dɪˈɡriː/
(an) amount or level ...
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sensitivity
noun
uk/ˌsen.sɪˈtɪv.ə.ti/us/ˌsen.səˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/
an ability to understand what other people need, and be helpful and kind ...
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(Definition ofdegreeandsensitivityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thedegreeofsensitivitywill depend on how rapidly capital gains are incorporated into asset values.
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Several molecular biology techniques have been explored in order to identify the pathogen rapidly with a highdegreeofsensitivity.
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Our experiments demonstrate that intra-erythrocytic malaria parasites can be demonstrated serologically with a highdegreeofsensitivity.
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They must recognise the need for adegreeofsensitivity.
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He should proceed with adegreeofsensitivity.
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While the test detected parasites with a highdegreeofsensitivityin infected mice, the effect of treatment is not known.
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However, pain assessment and management are complex processes that require skill, good communication, knowing the patient, time and adegreeofsensitivity.
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One important achievement would be the production of a robot with 'electronic skin' that is capable of a highdegreeofsensitivity.
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In the preceding experiment, parasites were detected with a highdegreeofsensitivityin serial dilutions of blood of high parasitaemia.
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A method has been devised to show that malaria parasites can be detected serologically in infected blood with a highdegreeofsensitivity.
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The message from this appears to be, perhaps unsurprisingly, that thedegreeofsensitivityis highly country-specific and varies by level of earnings.
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Contrary to popular belief, they approach it with a significantdegreeofsensitivity.
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There is a considerabledegreeofsensitivityabout the supply of arms and equipment.
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It shows the samedegreeofsensitivityand delicacy in approaching a problem which needs solution.
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They conducted themselves with adegreeofsensitivityand tact that must not be lost.
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Each level of classification indicates an increasingdegreeofsensitivity.
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There is currently a greatdegreeofsensitivityand concern over the use in foods of genetically modified products.
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Whether thisdegreeofsensitivitywill always be useful biologically is a point of caution: it may sometimes be over-sensitive with respect to a priori knowledge from physiology.
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Our goal in this paper is to delineate thedegreeofsensitivityto transient fluctuations in processing boundary conditions, for thermal glass fibre steady states that are linearly stable.
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But to bring in animals of a higherdegreeofsensitivityis probably not the right way for a local authority to proceed.
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This is just one small example of thedegreeofsensitivitywhich exists in terms of our relationships with these countries.
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Will he ensure that where these regulations are implemented they are always implemented with a greatdegreeofsensitivityfor dependants and relatives?
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I am afraid to say that all too often at local and sometimes national level thedegreeofsensitivityis deplorable.
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However, given the necessarydegreeofsensitivityon both sides, the emphasis is usually upon the word "constructive"rather than upon the word"friction".
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If one accepts the principle of devolution, one accepts that it may produce a greaterdegreeofsensitivity, but one does not know for certain that it will.
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