The advantage of this method was that the boiling point is relatively insensitive to other components such as sugars.

During portions of its cycle, a tidewater glacier is relatively insensitive to climate change.

Secondary explosives, also called base explosives, are relatively insensitive to shock, friction, and heat.

Objects reflecting spectral violet often appear dark, because human vision is relatively insensitive to those wavelengths.

These secondary explosives are relatively insensitive to stimuli such as physical impact, heat or charge.

"Operating costs are relatively insensitive to volume," he said.

The maintenance department's system used a fairly straightforward method of access codes, which was to be expected, since it contained relatively insensitive information.

In contrast, the central chemoreceptors are relatively insensitive to oxygen concentration, and thus to hypoxia.

One limitation of x-ray techniques is that x-rays are relatively insensitive to light elements such as hydrogen.

They are generally used in thin film structures, which do not require material of higher electronic quality, being relatively insensitive to impurities and radiation damage.