Hypertext Webster Gateway: "responsiveness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Responsive \Re*spon"sive\ (-s?v), a. [Cf. F. resposif.]
1. That responds; ready or inclined to respond.
2. Suited to something else; correspondent.
The vocal lay responsive to the strings. --Pope.
3. Responsible. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. -- {Re*spon"sive*ly},
adv. -- {Re*spon"sive*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
responsiveness
n 1: responsive to stimulation [syn: {reactivity}]
2: the quality of being responsive; reacting quickly; as a
quality of people, it involves responding with emotion to
people and events [ant: {unresponsiveness}]
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