responsiveness
/ɹɪˈspɑn.sɪv.nɪs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "The responsiveness of my old PC is nearly zero!"
Etymology
Etymology tree English responsive Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English responsiveness From responsive + -ness.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹɪˈspɑn.sɪv.nɪs/
- British English: /ɹɪˈspɒnsɪvnɪs/