Susceptibility
Pronunciation : Sus*cep`ti*bil"i*ty
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [Cf. F. susceptibilit?.]
Definition : 1. The state or quality of being susceptible; the capability of receiving impressions, or of being affected.
2. Specifically, capacity for deep feeling or emotional excitement; sensibility, in its broadest acceptation; impressibility; sensitiveness. Magnetic susceptibility (Physics), the intensity of magnetization of a body placed in a uniform megnetic field of unit strength. Sir W. Thomson.
Syn. -- Capability; sensibility; feeling; emotion.
pl. Susceptibilities.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913