vulnerability

vul·ner·a·ble  (vlnr--bl)

adj.

1.

a. Susceptible to physical or emotional injury.

b. Susceptible to attack: "We are vulnerable both by water and land, without either fleet or army" (Alexander Hamilton).

c. Open to censure or criticism; assailable.

2.

a. Liable to succumb, as to persuasion or temptation.

b. Games In a position to receive greater penalties or bonuses in a hand of bridge. In a rubber, used of the pair of players who score 100 points toward game.

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[Late Latin vulnerbilis, wounding, from Latin vulnerre, to wound, from vulnus, vulner-, wound; see wel- in Indo-European roots.]

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vulner·a·bili·ty, vulner·a·ble·ness n.

vulner·a·bly adv.

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1. The susceptibility of a nation or military force to any action by any means through which its war potential or combat effectiveness may be reduced or its will to fight diminished.
2. The characteristics of a system that cause it to suffer a definite degradation (incapability to perform the designated mission) as a result of having been subjected to a certain level of effects in an unnatural (manmade) hostile environment.
3. In information operations, a weakness in information system security design, procedures, implementation, or internal controls that could be exploited to gain unauthorized access to information or an information system. See also information; information operations; information system.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	vulnerability - the state of being vulnerable or exposed; "his vulnerability to litigation"; "his exposure to ridicule" exposure danger - the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury; "you are in no danger"; "there was widespread danger of disease"
	2.	vulnerability - susceptibility to injury or attack weakness - the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain; "his weakness increased as he became older"; "the weakness of the span was overlooked until it collapsed" defencelessness, defenselessness, unprotectedness - the property of being helpless in the face of attack assailability - vulnerability to forceful attack destructibility - vulnerability to destruction breakability, fragility, frangibility, frangibleness - quality of being easily damaged or destroyed exposure - vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain; "exposure to the weather" or "they died from exposure"; invulnerability - the property of being invulnerable; the property of being incapable of being hurt (physically or emotionally)

Translations

vulnerability [ˌvʌlnərəˈbɪlɪtɪ] N → vulnerabilidad f

vulnerability [ˌvʌlnərəˈbɪləti] n → vulnérabilité f

vulnerability

n → Verwundbarkeit f; (= susceptibility) → Verletzlichkeit f; (fig) → Verletzbarkeit f; (of police, troops, fortress) → Ungeschütztheit f; the vulnerability of the young fish to predators → die Wehrlosigkeit der jungen Fische gegen Raubtiere; such is their vulnerability only 2% survive → sie sind so wehrlos, dass nur 2% überleben; his emotional vulnerability → seine Empfindsamkeit or Verletzbarkeit

vulnerability [ˌvʌln/ərəˈbɪlɪtɪ] n → vulnerabilità

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vulnerability [ˌvʌln/ərəˈbɪlɪtɪ] n → vulnerabilità