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Definition of Receptive

1. Adjective. Open to arguments, ideas, or change. "Receptive to reason and the logic of facts"

2. Adjective. Ready or willing to receive favorably. "Receptive to the proposals"

3. Adjective. Of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system. "Sensory neurons"

4. Adjective. Able to absorb liquid (not repellent). "The paper is ink-receptive"

Definition of Receptive

1. a. Having the quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in, absorb, hold, or contain; receiving or containing; as, a receptive mind.

Definition of Receptive

1. Adjective. capable of receiving something ¹

2. Adjective. ready to receive new ideas or concepts ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Receptive

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Receptive

1. Sensitive or responsive to stimulus. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Receptive

receptaculum ganglii petrosi receptaculum pecqueti receptaries receptary receptibility receptible reception reception center reception desk reception desks

reception line reception room receptionist receptionists receptions receptive (current term) receptive aphasia receptive field receptive language receptively

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Literary usage of Receptive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1903)
"The multiple-series connection permits electro- receptive devices to be placed on ... The series-connection of electro-receptive de- vices is suited to ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1905)
"At the commencement of every reflex arc is a receptive neurone, extending from the receptive surface to the central nervous organ. ..."

3. The Human Body: An Elementary Text-book of Anatomy, Physiology and Hygiene by Henry Newell Martin (1884)
"receptive and Excretory Organs.—Those organs of the body whose function it is to gather new material from . outside for its use are known as receptive ..."

4. The Integrative Action of the Nervous System by Charles Scott Sherrington (1906)
"Nervous integration of the segment The three receptive fields. ... receptive range and locomotion. The " head " as physiologically conceived. ..."

5. The Integrative Action of the Nervous System by Charles Scott Sherrington (1906)
"The three receptive fields. Richness of the extero-ceptive field. ... receptive range and locomotion. The " head " as physiologically conceived. ..."

6. The Integrative Action of the Nervous System by Charles Scott Sherrington (1906)
"The three receptive fields. Richness of the extero-ceptive field. ... receptive range and locomotion. The " head " as physiologically conceived. ..."

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