responsiveness

English

Etymology

From responsive +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈspɒnsɪvnɪs/

Noun

responsiveness (countable and uncountable, plural responsivenesses)

1. The quality or state of being responsive.
   • 1999, Seymour L. Schwartz, “Burns” (chapter 7), in Principles of Surgery, 7th edition, McGraw Hill, page 234:

     Cell-mediated immunity is impaired after burn injury, including documented delays in allograft rejection, impairment in mitogenic and anogenic responsiveness of lymphocytes, burn-size-related suppression of graftversus-host activity, suppression of delayed cutaneous sensitivity tests, and diminution of peripheral lymphocytes and thoracic duct lymphocyte concentration.

   • 2015 September 26, “Infection by Toxoplasma gondii Induces Amoeboid-Like Migration of Dendritic Cells in a Three-Dimensional Collagen Matrix”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Altogether, the present data show that the Toxoplasma-induced hypermigratory phenotype in a 3D matrix is consistent with integrin-independent amoeboid DC migration with maintained responsiveness to chemotactic and chemokinetic cues.

2. The ability of a machine to adjust to external influences.

   The responsiveness of my old PC is nearly zero!

Derived terms

• bioresponsiveness
• chemoresponsiveness
• electroresponsiveness
• hyperresponsiveness
• hyporesponsiveness
• mechanoresponsiveness
• nonresponsiveness
• photoresponsiveness
• radioresponsiveness
• thermoresponsiveness

Related terms

• responsivity

Translations

Translations

• Spanish: responsión (es) f (disused), responsividad f (Spain)