responsiveness

From responsive + -ness.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈspɒnsɪvnɪs/

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• (General American, Atlantic Canada) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈspɑn.sɪv.nɪs/
• (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈspɒnsɪvnɪs/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈspɔnsɪvnɪs/

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!

• responsivity