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Highly sensitive   /hˈaɪli sˈɛnsətɪv/   Listen
Highly sensitive

adjective
1.
Readily affected by various agents.  "A sensitive colloid is readily coagulated"





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"Highly sensitive" Quotes from Famous Books



... begin to grow as soon as the old ones have dropped off. During the spring and summer they are covered with a soft velvety membrane, and they are then described as being "in the velvet." The blood circulates freely through this membrane, and it is highly sensitive, so that a blow upon the horns at this season produces great pain. By the time the "rutting" season commences (in October), the velvet has peeled off, and the horns are then in order for battle—and they need be, ...
— The Hunters' Feast - Conversations Around the Camp Fire • Mayne Reid
... among the world's largest producers and exporters of coffee, cocoa beans, and palm-kernel oil. Consequently, the economy is highly sensitive to fluctuations in international prices for coffee and cocoa and to weather conditions. Despite attempts by the government to diversify, the economy is still largely dependent on agriculture and related industries. After several years of lagging performance, the Ivorian economy ...
— The 1995 CIA World Factbook • United States Central Intelligence Agency


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