intension
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See also: intensión
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin intēnsiō (“straining, effort; intensifying”), from intēnsus (“stretched”), perfect passive participle of intendō (“strain or stretch toward”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
intension (plural intensions)
- intensity or the act of becoming intense.[1]
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- Sounds […] likewise do rise and fall with the intension or remission of the wind.
- (logic, semantics) Any property or quality connoted by a word, phrase or other symbol, contrasted with actual instances in the real world to which the term applies.
- 1859–1860, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:
- This law is, that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension.
- (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]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
intensity
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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)
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