susceptibility

susceptibilidad, vulnerabilidad

Facilidad con que alguien o algo resulta afectado o dañado.

En inglés sencillo: The tendency to be easily affected or harmed by something.

• Poor sleep increases susceptibility to infection.
• The study measured susceptibility to stress.
• Genes may influence a person’s susceptibility to certain diseases.

Cómo se usa: susceptibility to something (Smoking increases susceptibility to lung disease.)

Sinónimos: vulnerability, sensitivity

Antónimos: resistance

Expresiones frecuentes: susceptibility to disease, increased susceptibility, genetic susceptibility

vulnerabilidad, predisposición

Debilidad concreta que hace que alguien o algo sea fácil de afectar o dañar.

En inglés sencillo: A particular weakness that makes someone or something easy to affect or harm.

• The test revealed an inherited susceptibility to infection.
• Doctors considered her individual susceptibilities before choosing treatment.
• Each variety has a different susceptibility to disease.

Cómo se usa: a susceptibility to something (He has a particular susceptibility to chest infections.)

Sinónimos: vulnerability, weakness

Expresiones frecuentes: individual susceptibility, inherited susceptibility, particular susceptibility

sensibilidad, susceptibilidad

Tendencia a sentir emociones intensas o a sentirse herido fácilmente.

En inglés sencillo: The tendency to have strong feelings or be easily upset.

• Her emotional susceptibility made criticism painful.
• He tried not to offend their susceptibilities.
• The joke hurt his delicate susceptibilities.

Sinónimos: sensitivity, sensitiveness

Antónimos: insensitivity

Expresiones frecuentes: emotional susceptibility, delicate susceptibilities, hurt someone’s susceptibilities

susceptibilidad eléctrica

Medida de cuánto desplaza un campo eléctrico las cargas positivas y negativas dentro de un material.

En inglés sencillo: A measure of how easily an electric field shifts positive and negative charges within a material.

• The material has a high electric susceptibility.
• We measured the susceptibility of the sample.
• Its susceptibility changes with temperature.

Sinónimos: electric susceptibility

Expresiones frecuentes: electric susceptibility, dielectric susceptibility