intension
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin intēnsiō (“straining, effort; intensifying”), from intēnsus (“stretched”), perfect passive participle of intendō (“strain or stretch toward”) [1].
Noun [edit]
intension (plural intensions)
- intensity or the act of becoming intense [1].
- Francis Bacon
- Sounds […] likewise do rise and fall with the intension or remission of the wind.
- Francis Bacon
- (logic, semantics) Any property or quality connoted by a word, phrase or other symbol, contrasted to actual instances in the real world to which the term applies.
- Sir W. Hamilton
- This law is, that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension.
- Sir W. Hamilton
- (dated) A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained.
- the intension of a musical string
Usage notes [edit]
Not to be confused with intention.
Derived terms [edit]
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References [edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "intension" (The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, 2000)
Venetian [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Compare Italian intenzione
Noun [edit]
intension f (invariable)
