responsiveness

[ ri-spon-siv-nis ]

noun

1. the quality or state of being responsive.
2. Machinery. the ability of a machine or system to adjust quickly to suddenly altered external conditions, as of speed, load, or temperature, and to resume stable operation without undue delay.

Word History and Origins

Origin of responsiveness¹

First recorded in 1840–50; responsive + -ness

Example Sentences

Gamers will appreciate the responsiveness of the keys, and everyone else will enjoy being able to exert more control over pretty much everything else, including the sound the keyboard makes as you type.

From Popular-Science

Social media channels have been actively working on monitoring content for potential harmful societal consequences, but the efforts at oversight and responsiveness have not been nearly sufficient for far too many years.

From Fortune

“I’d never seen a balanced approach and I’ve never seen any equity in responsiveness, and this time I saw both of them,” Hetheru said.

From Voice of San Diego

You can analyze your site’s responsiveness with Google’s PageSpeed Insights tool or use a website performance monitoring tool such as Pingdom.

From Search Engine Watch

The gender responsiveness gap was bigger in certain countries – up to 13 percentage points in Colombia.

From No Straight News

There are a few good ones, Antoine says, but he complained bitterly of a lack of responsiveness.

From The Daily Beast

The distinction between over-policing and non-responsiveness was alive and well in Bed-Stuy.

From The Daily Beast

The lesson we learned is to increase our readiness and responsiveness.

From The Daily Beast

Adrian will address the charges with the same respect and responsiveness he has brought to this inquiry from its beginning.

From The Daily Beast

Burton had promised that weakening the big shots would heighten the accountability and responsiveness of Congress.

From The Daily Beast

He was silent and moody, and showed little responsiveness to Garnache's jesting humour.

From Project Gutenberg

How he had missed the responsiveness which had spurred him on to talk his best only his hurt heart knew.

From Project Gutenberg

His lack of responsiveness came, Lydia thought, from her having wounded his feelings.

From Project Gutenberg

Sheer dare-deviltry would arouse in them a responsiveness which had remained numb to the call of industry.

From Project Gutenberg

Charm and responsiveness are the chief social assets of the Thoracic.

From Project Gutenberg

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