Sensitising

Definitions: Sensitising

Sensitising

Adjective

1. Making susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli.

Noun

1. Rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections.

Synonyms: Sensitising

Synonyms: sensitisation (n), sensitization (n), sensitizing (n). (additional references)

Synonyms by domain: horizontal whirler (european union, publishing & graphic arts), machine for sensitising offset zinc plates, optical sensitiser (fine arts), optical sensitising agent, sensitising agent (european union, chemistry).

Antonym: desensitizing (adj). (additional references)

"Sensitising" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 83.33% of the time. "Sensitising" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)	83.33%	5	157,705
Adjective (general or positive)	16.67%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	6	N/A

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "sensitising": de-sensitising.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "sensitising"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		使敏感 (sensitise, sensitised, sensitize, sensitized, sensitizing). (various references)

Danish		tilboejelighed til interkrystallinsk korrosion efter oploesnings-gloedning og sensibilisering (proneness to intergranular corrosion after a solubilising and sensitising treatment). (various references)

Dutch		neiging tot interkristallijne corrosie na oplosgloeien en een nagloeibehandeling waarbij carbide-uitscheiding plaats vindt (proneness to intergranular corrosion after a solubilising and sensitising treatment). (various references)

Finnish		liuotushehkutus (proneness to intergranular corrosion after a solubilising and sensitising treatment), herkistyminen (during sensitisation at the critical temperature interval this carbon is precipitated in situ, proneness to intergranular corrosion after a solubilising and sensitising treatment, sensitisation, sensitization). (various references)

French		sensibilité � la corrosion intergranulaire après des traitements de remise en solution et de sensibilisation (proneness to intergranular corrosion after a solubilising and sensitising treatment). (various references)

German		Neigung zu Kornzerfall nach Loesungsgluehen und Sensibilisierung (proneness to intergranular corrosion after a solubilising and sensitising treatment). (various references)

Greek		προδιάθεση για περικρυσταλλική διάβρωση μετά από διεργασία διαλυτοποίησης και ευαισθητοποίησης (proneness to intergranular corrosion after a solubilising and sensitising treatment). (various references)

Italian		tendenza alla corrosione intergranulare dopo trattamento di solubilizzazione e di sensibilizzazione (proneness to intergranular corrosion after a solubilising and sensitising treatment). (various references)

Korean		민감하게함 (sensitizing). (various references)

Pig Latin		ensitisingsay

Spanish		tendencia a la corrosión intergranular después del tratamiento de solubilización y sensibilización (proneness to intergranular corrosion after a solubilising and sensitising treatment). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-g-i-i-i-n-n-s-s-s-t"
	-1 letter: stinginess.
	-2 letters: insisting.
	-3 letters: ginniest, seisings, tininess.
	-4 letters: ensigns, ignites, ingests, insigne, insists, intines, nesting, seining, seising, seisins, sennits, sensing, signets, tensing.
	-5 letters: ensign, gneiss, ignite, ingest, insets, insist, intine, isseis, niseis, seisin, seniti, sennit, signet, singes, siting, steins, stings, tennis, tieing, tinges, tining.
	Words containing the letters "e-g-i-i-i-n-n-s-s-s-t"
	+5 letters: sensationalising.
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