susceptibility \suscep`tibil"ity\, n.; pl.
   susceptibilities. cf. f. susceptibilit'e.
   1. the state or quality of being susceptible; the capability
      of receiving impressions, or of being affected.
      1913 webster

   2. specifically, capacity for deep feeling or emotional
      excitement; sensibility, in its broadest acceptation;
      impressibility; sensitiveness.
      1913 webster

   magnetic susceptibility physics, the intensity of
      magnetization of a body placed in a uniform megnetic field
      of unit strength. --sir w. thomson.
      1913 webster

   syn: capability; sensibility; feeling; emotion.
        1913 webster
see also:
susceptibilities magnetic susceptibility