tensity
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Noun
English
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Etymology
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From Latin
tensus
‘tense’ +
-ity
. Compare
intensity
.
Pronunciation
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IPA
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key
)
:
/ˈtɛnsɪti/
Noun
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tensity
(
usually
uncountable
,
plural
tensities
)
The quality of being
tense
(literally or figuratively);
tension
.
1942
, Rebecca West,
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
, Canongate, published
2006
, page
994
:
That broke the
tensity
of the children's interest, and they ran back into the house
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