01 n. The state or quality of being susceptible; the capability of receiving impressions, or of being affected.
pl.
Susceptibilities ((#))
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1.
The state or quality of being susceptible; the capability of receiving impressions, or of being affected.
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2.
Specifically, capacity for deep feeling or emotional excitement; sensibility, in its broadest acceptation; impressibility; sensitiveness.
Phrases & compounds
Magnetic susceptibility —
the intensity of magnetization of a body placed in a uniform megnetic field of unit strength.
Syn.
Capability; sensibility; feeling; emotion.