1. the quality or state of being susceptible; receptiveness or sensitivity to influence, impression, or change
Usage: formal
2. a measure of how easily a material can be magnetized
Usage: physics; technical

Examples

• The patient’s susceptivity to infection required careful monitoring.
• Her emotional susceptivity made her particularly responsive to music.
• The metal’s high susceptivity allowed it to be easily magnetized.
• Scientists measured the material’s susceptivity under different conditions.
• The child’s susceptivity to suggestion concerned his parents.
• Magnetic susceptivity varies greatly between different substances.