responsiveness
American
[ri-spon-siv-nis]
/ rɪˈspɒn sɪv nɪs /
Also
responsivity
noun
-
the quality or state of being responsive.
-
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.
Etymology
Origin of responsiveness
First recorded in 1840–50; responsive + -ness
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
