Responsiveness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Responsive \Re*spon"sive\ (-s?v), a. [Cf. F. resposif.]
     1. That responds; ready or inclined to respond.
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     2. Suited to something else; correspondent.
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              The vocal lay responsive to the strings. --Pope.
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     3. Responsible. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Re*spon"sive*ly}, adv. --
        {Re*spon"sive*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  responsiveness
       n 1: responsive to stimulation [syn: {reactivity}]
       2: the quality of being responsive; reacting quickly; as a
          quality of people, it involves responding with emotion to
          people and events [ant: {unresponsiveness}]