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intensions

intensions is the plural of intension.

Meaning of intension

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.
    Antonyms:
    extension
  4. (countable, dated) A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained.
    • the intension of a musical string

Questions about intensions

What is intensions the plural of?
Intensions is the plural of intension.

Words near intensions in the dictionary

  1. intensionalist
  2. intensionalists
  3. intensionalities
  4. intensionality
  5. intensionally
  6. intensions
  7. intensities
  8. intensitive
  9. intensitometry
  10. intensity
  11. intensive

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