intension

(in tens̸hən)

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

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

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See intension in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The state or quality of being intense; intensity.
  2. The act of becoming intense or more intense; intensification.
  3. Logic The sum of the attributes contained in a term.

Origin:

Origin: Latin intēnsiō, intēnsiōn-

Origin: , from intēnsus, stretched; see intense

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Related Forms:

  • in·tenˈsion·al adjective

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