Sensitivity vs Resolution - What's the difference?
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The quality of being sensitive.
The ability of an organism or organ to respond to external stimuli.
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, title= (statistics) The proportion of individuals in a population that will be correctly identified in a binary classification test.
(electronics) The degree of response of an instrument to a change in an input signal.
(photography) The degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength.
A strong will, determination.
The state of being resolute.
A statement of intent, a vow
The act of discerning detail.
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, title= (computing) The degree of fineness with which an image can be recorded or produced, often expressed as the number of pixels per unit of length (typically an inch).
(computing) The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.
(computing) The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; lookup.
(math) The act or process of solving; solution.
A formal statement adopted by an assembly.
(sciences) The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).
(sciences) The degree of fineness of such a separation.
(music) Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.
The moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear.
As nouns the difference between sensitivity and resolution
is that sensitivity is the quality of being sensitive while resolution is a strong will, determination.sensitivity
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(wikipedia sensitivity) (sensitivities)Fenella Saunders, magazine=(American Scientist)
Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture, passage=The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity . They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.}}
resolution
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(en noun)Fenella Saunders, magazine=(American Scientist)
Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture, passage=The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution , resolving incoming images in minute detail.}}
- name resolution
- the resolution of an equation