Sen`si*fa"cient (?), a. [L. sensus sense + facere to make.] Converting
into sensation. Huxley.
Sen*sif"er*ous (?), a. [L. sensifer; sensus sense + ferre to bear.]
Exciting sensation; conveying sensation. Huxley.
Sen*sif"ic (?), a. [L. sensificus; sensus sense + facere to make.]
Exciting sensation.
Sen*sif"i*ca*to*ry (?), a. Susceptible of, or converting into,
sensation; as, the sensificatory part of a nervous system. Huxley.
Sen*sig"e*nous (?), a. [L. sensus sense + -genous.] Causing or exciting
sensation. Huxley.
Sens"ism (?), n. Same as Sensualism, 2 & 3.
Sens"ist, n. One who, in philosophy, holds to sensism.
Sen"si*tive (?), a. [F. sensitif. See Sense.] 1. Having sense of
feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions
from external objects; as, a sensitive soul.
2. Having quick and acute sensibility, either to the action of external
objects, or to impressions upon the mind and feelings; highly
susceptible; easily and acutely affected.
She was too sensitive to abuse and calumny.
Macaulay.
3. (a) (Mech.) Having a capacity of being easily affected or moved; as,
a sensitive thermometer; sensitive scales. (b) (Chem. & Photog.)
Readily affected or changed by certain appropriate agents; as, silver
chloride or bromide, when in contact with certain organic substances,
is extremely sensitive to actinic rays.