感度|かんどkando[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounsensitivity (e.g. of a measuring instrument); reception (radio, TV, etc.)
  2. nounsensitivity (of film)
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related敏感性WrittenWritten/formal term for the property of reacting easily, used in explanatory prose; 「感度」 is the degree of response, high or low, mostly for instruments or the body.
  • Antonym鈍感どんかんNeutralNeutral term for a person dull to sensation or slow to pick up on others' feelings; the opposite of the keenly responsive state of high 「感度」.

Use 「感度」 for the degree of response of instruments, film, or the body, as in 「感度良好」 or 「高感度」. For the property of reacting easily in written/formal prose, use 「敏感性」; 「鈍感」 is the opposite, for dull responsiveness.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 外部がいぶから受うける刺激しげきに反応はんのうする度合どあい。
  2. 性的せいてき刺激しげきに反応はんのうする度合どあい。
  3. 火薬かやくがもつ、外部がいぶからの刺激しげきに対たいする爆発ばくはつのしやすさ。
  4. 測定器そくていきなどの入力にゅうりょく値ちの微小びしょう変化へんかに対たいする出力しゅつりょく値ちの変化へんかの割合わりあい。また、検知けんち可能かのうな最小さいしょうの入力にゅうりょく値ち。
  5. 受信機じゅしんきなどが電波でんぱや電流でんりゅうを感かんじる度合どあい。
  6. 写真しゃしんフィルムなどが光線こうせんを感かんじる度合どあい。
  7. 臨床りんしょう検査けんさが正ただしく陽性ようせいと判定はんていする確率かくりつ。
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