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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(electronics) degree of response of an instrument to a change in an input signal",
"word": "herkkyys"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(electronics) degree of response of an instrument to a change in an input signal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sensibilité"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(electronics) degree of response of an instrument to a change in an input signal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Sensitivität"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(electronics) degree of response of an instrument to a change in an input signal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Sensibilität"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(electronics) degree of response of an instrument to a change in an input signal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Empfindlichkeit"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "evaisthisía",
"sense": "(electronics) degree of response of an instrument to a change in an input signal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ευαισθησία"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gamsuseong",
"sense": "(electronics) degree of response of an instrument to a change in an input signal",
"word": "감수성"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "(electronics) degree of response of an instrument to a change in an input signal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sensibilitate"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čuvstvítelʹnostʹ",
"sense": "(electronics) degree of response of an instrument to a change in an input signal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "чувстви́тельность"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(electronics) degree of response of an instrument to a change in an input signal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sensibilidad"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kwaam-wai",
"sense": "(electronics) degree of response of an instrument to a change in an input signal",
"word": "ความไว"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "senzibilitet",
"sense": "(photography) degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сензибилитет"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "(photography) degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sensibilitat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(photography) degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gevoeligheid"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(photography) degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength",
"word": "herkkyys"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(photography) degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sensibilité"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "(photography) degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sensibilidade"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(photography) degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Empfindlichkeit"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(photography) degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Sensibilität"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(photography) degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength",
"word": "érzékenység"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(photography) degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sensibilità"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(photography) degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "czułość"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(photography) degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sensibilidade"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "(photography) degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sensibilitate"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čuvstvítelʹnostʹ",
"sense": "(photography) degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "чувстви́тельность"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(photography) degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sensibilidad"
}
],
"word": "sensitivity"
}
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