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intension definition

in·ten·sion (in ten′s̸hən)

noun

  1. intentness; determination
  2. intensification
  3. the quality of being intense; intensity or degree of intensity
  4. Logic the properties possessed by all the objects in a term's extension; connotation

Etymology: L intensio < intensus, pp. of intendere: see intend

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