response
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5.1
- noun
- /rɪˈspɒns/
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respuesta
- The response of the machine was tested after receiving a series of operational signals.
- response time
- response latency
- response measures
You get great throttle response and just excellent, excellent power.
- You get great throttle response and just excellent, excellent power.
- And it's making a response to us based on these modalities.
Examples
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And this is what its response looks like in space.
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As commandant of the Coast Guard, he oversaw the response efforts to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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What you are hearing is the response to the stream.
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Here I'm getting the response as a function of time.
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More will be said of the differential response rates in the Procedure section.
Academic text (2008) -
If there was a corresponding response, the value was 1; if not, the value was 0.
Academic text (2011) -
This has been a test of your emergency response systems, and I have to say, you've all done extremely well.
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The engineer analyzed the device's response to different voltage inputs to ensure proper functioning.
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The technician measured the response of the sensor to various light levels to evaluate its performance.
Antonyms
Compounds
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4.4
The body's reaction to germs like viruses or bacteria that fights infection
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4.8
A learned reaction to a signal, like a bell, that happens after the signal is often shown with something else
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5.7
A reaction a person develops from practice or experience, not one they are born with
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6.2
Change in the skin's tiny electrical activity when you feel stress or strong emotion
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6.6
A quick automatic reaction to a sudden sound or movement that makes you jump
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6.9
The amount a device or system changes output at different frequencies
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A body defence by special white blood cells that attacks viruses, fungi, and transplanted organs
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A learned reaction to a sound or signal after it happens many times
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A learned action an animal or person does to avoid something bad after a warning signal
An emotional reaction you learn when something is often linked with a good or bad event
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A change in the skin's electrical signal when someone feels stress or strong emotion
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A change in the skin's electrical activity when a person feels stress or strong emotion
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A faster and stronger rise of antibodies when the body meets the same germ again
Online videos and streams made to cause the pleasant tingling feeling and help people relax
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A pleasant tingling on the scalp that moves down the neck and spine and makes you feel very relaxed
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A graph showing how loudness changes across low and high tones
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A graph that shows how loud a speaker or amplifier is at different frequencies
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Part of the body's defence where B cells make antibodies in the blood to fight bacteria and toxins
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The body's reaction that makes antibodies and sends cells to fight germs
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A small change in the skin's electric signals when someone feels stress or strong emotion
A very quick answer to a question given without thinking, often one after another
An automatic action your body makes without thinking when something touches or moves near you
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A reaction that shows little concern for criticism or others' feelings
How Responsive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Response comes from the old Latin verb respondere, formed from re- 'back' and spondere 'to promise', the same root as respond. Think of a machine 'answering back' to a signal, which is why 'response' describes how a device reacts to an input.