intensification

English

Etymology

intense +‎ -ification.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

intensification (countable and uncountable, plural intensifications)

1. The act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense.
   • 1962 August, “Beyond the Channel: France: Paris Est renaissance”, in Modern Railways, pages 134-135:

     [...] moreover, the layout fortunately allows for the likely intensification of the suburban service.

Related terms

• intensify

Translations

act or process of intensifying

• Bulgarian: засилване (bg) n (zasilvane)
• Catalan: intensificació f
• Finnish: tiivistäminen (fi), voimistaminen (fi)
• French: intensification (fr) f
• German: Intensivierung (de) f, Verstärkung (de) f

• Greek: εντατικοποίηση (el) f (entatikopoíisi), επίταση (el) f (epítasi)
• Polish: intensyfikacja (pl) f
• Russian: усиле́ние (ru) n (usilénije), интенсифика́ция (ru) f (intɛnsifikácija)
• Spanish: intensificación f
• Ukrainian: інтенсифіка́ція f (intensyfikácija)

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French

Etymology

From intensifier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

intensification f (plural intensifications)

1. intensification

Further reading

• “intensification” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).