Definition of "responsive"

responsive

/ɹɪˈspɒn.sɪv/

adjective
comparative more responsive, superlative most responsive
1. answering, replying or responding
2. able to receive and respond to external stimuli
3. using antiphons; antiphonal
4. susceptible to the feelings of others
5. (graphical user interface) automatically resizing and repositioning elements to fit the available space
  Quotations
  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
6. (obsolete) suited to something else; correspondent
  Quotations
  The vocal lay responsive to the strings.
  1725, Homer, “Book VIII”, in [William Broome], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume II, London: […] Bernard Lintot
7. (obsolete) responsible
  Quotations
  he [the bishop] must be responsive for all his diocese
  1642, Jeremy Taylor, The Sacred Order and Offices of Episcopacy or Episcopacy Asserted against the Arians and Acephali New and Old