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intension.

Intensity or the act of becoming intense.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɪnˈtɛnʃən/
  1. Intensity or the act of becoming intense.

    uncountable
  2. Intensification.

    countable · uncountable
  3. 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.

    countable
    '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.
  4. A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained.

    countable · dated
    the intension of a musical string
Where this word comes from

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

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