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intension

/ɪnˈtɛnʃən/

intension noun: intensity or the act of becoming intense.

Noun

intension (countable and uncountable, plural intensions)

  1. (uncountable) Intensity or the act of becoming intense.
    • Sounds […] likewise do rise and fall with the intension or remission of the wind.1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...
  2. Intensification.
  3. (countable) 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.
    • 'Is a plant', 'has a trunk', 'has leaves' are intensions of the concept tree. Its extension is the set of all trees existing in the real world.
    • This law is, that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension.a. 1857, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood...
    Antonyms:
    extension
  4. (countable, dated) A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained.
    • the intension of a musical string

intension meaning in Tamil

intension in Tamil

பொதிகருத்து, உட்கருத்து

Antonyms of intension

Forms of intension

pluralintensions

Origin of intension

From Latin intēnsiō (“straining, effort; intensifying”), from intēnsus (“stretched”), perfect passive participle of intendō (“strain or stretch toward”).

Words formed from intension

Questions about intension

What does intension mean?
Intension means intensity or the act of becoming intense.
What is intension in Tamil?
Intension in Tamil is பொதிகருத்து, உட்கருத்து. See Intension meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is intension?
Intension is a noun.
How do you pronounce intension?
Intension is pronounced /ɪnˈtɛnʃən/.
What is the plural of intension?
The plural of intension is intensions.

Words near intension in the dictionary

  1. intensifying
  2. intensifyings
  3. intensimetric
  4. intensimetry
  5. intensiometric
  6. intension
  7. intensional
  8. intensional definition
  9. intensional definitions
  10. intensional fallacies
  11. intensional fallacy

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