responsive
adjUK /ɹɪˈspɒn.sɪv/ · US /ɹɪˈspɑn.sɪv/
Etymology From Middle French responsif, from Late Latin responsivus.
7 senses
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Answering, replying or responding
2
Able to receive and respond to external stimuli.
3
Using antiphons; antiphonal.
4
Susceptible to the feelings of others.
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Computing, Engineering, Graphical user interface, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Automatically resizing and repositioning elements to fit the available space.
- Now, let's briefly explore two different approaches for creating sites for a multiple audience: multiserving and responsive design.2012, Dino Esposito, Architecting Mobile Solutions for the Enterprise:
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Obsolete Suited to something else; correspondent.
- The vocal lay responsive to the strings.1725, Homer, “Book VIII”, in [William Broome], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume II, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:
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Obsolete Responsible.
- he [the bishop] must be responsive for all his diocese1642, Jeremy Taylor, The Sacred Order and Offices of Episcopacy or Episcopacy Asserted against the Arians and Acephali New and Old:
- Antonyms
- nonresponsive, unresponsive
- Derived terms
29 terms
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