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in·ten·sion (in ten′s̸hən)
noun
- intentness; determination
- intensification
- the quality of being intense; intensity or degree of intensity
- Logic the properties possessed by all the objects in a term's extension; connotation
Etymology: L intensio < intensus, pp. of intendere: see intend
Related Forms:
- intensional in·ten′·sional adjective
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