intensity

[ in-ten-si-tee ]

/ ɪnˈtɛn sɪ ti /

noun, plural in·ten·si·ties.

the quality or condition of being intense.

great energy, strength, concentration, vehemence, etc., as of activity, thought, or feeling: He went at the job with great intensity.

a high or extreme degree, as of cold or heat.

the degree or extent to which something is intense.

a high degree of emotional excitement; depth of feeling: The poem lacked intensity and left me unmoved.

the strength or sharpness of a color due especially to its degree of freedom from admixture with its complementary color.

Physics. magnitude, as of energy or a force per unit of area, volume, time, etc.

Speech.

the correlate of physical energy and the degree of loudness of a speech sound.
the relative carrying power of vocal utterance.

Origin of intensity

First recorded in 1655–65; intense + -ity

SYNONYMS FOR intensity

5 passion, emotion, energy, vigor.

OTHER WORDS FROM intensity

o·ver·in·ten·si·ty, noun su·per·in·ten·si·ty, noun

Words nearby intensity

intensify, intension, intensional, intensional object, intensitometer, intensity, intensive, intensive care, intensive care unit, intent, intention

Example sentences from the Web for intensities

But love does not wait for reasons, and this one had all the shades and intensities of a passion, with few of its exactions.

The Women of the French Salons |Amelia Gere Mason
If desired, the gradation of intensities here employed may be refined to the threshold of perceptibility, or beyond it.

Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 |Various
The accompanying table gives the probabilities of intensities less than the fractions of n named in the first column.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 6 |Various
The drama is concerned with the slow, inevitable approaches to these intensities.

The Art Of The Moving Picture |Vachel Lindsay

When it was pressed close, or when the Eustachian tube was closed, the intensities of all the notes were equalized.

Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts, July-December, 1827 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for intensities

intensity

/ (ɪnˈtɛnsɪtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

the state or quality of being intense

extreme force, degree, or amount

physics

a measure of field strength or of the energy transmitted by radiationSee radiant intensity, luminous intensity
(of sound in a specified direction) the average rate of flow of sound energy, usually in watts, for one period through unit area at right angles to the specified directionSymbol: I

Also called: earthquake intensity geology a measure of the size of an earthquake based on observation of the effects of the shock at the earth's surface. Specified on the Mercalli scale See Mercalli scale, Richter scale

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intensity

noun, plural in·ten·si·ties.

Origin of intensity

SYNONYMS FOR intensity

OTHER WORDS FROM intensity

Words nearby intensity

Example sentences from the Web for intensities

British Dictionary definitions for intensities

noun plural -ties

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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intensity

noun, plural in·ten·si·ties.

Origin of intensity

SYNONYMS FOR intensity

OTHER WORDS FROM intensity

Words nearby intensity

Words related to intensities

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