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noun, plural sus·cep·ti·bil·i·ties.

state or character of being susceptible: susceptibility to disease.

capacity for receiving mental or moral impressions; tendency to be emotionally affected.

susceptibilities, capacities for emotion; feelings: His susceptibilities are easily wounded.

Electricity.

electric susceptibility.

magnetic susceptibility.

Origin:
1635–45; < Medieval Latin susceptibilitās, equivalent to susceptibil(is) susceptible + -itās- -ity

Related forms

non·sus·cep·ti·bil·i·ty, noun

o·ver·sus·cep·ti·bil·i·ty, noun

pre·sus·cep·ti·bil·i·ty, noun, plural pre·sus·cep·ti·bil·i·ties.

un·sus·cep·ti·bil·i·ty, noun

Synonyms
2. See sensibility.

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susceptibility (səˌsɛptəˈbɪlɪtɪ)

—n , pl -ties
1.	the quality or condition of being susceptible
2.	the ability or tendency to be impressed by emotional feelings; sensitivity
3.	(plural) emotional sensibilities; feelings
4.	physics
	a. Also called: electric susceptibility, Χ (of a dielectric) the amount by which the relative permittivity differs from unity
	b. Also called: magnetic susceptibility, Κ (of a magnetic medium) the amount by which the relative permeability differs from unity

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