Intension

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  • noun. The state or quality of being intense; intensity.
  • noun. The act of becoming intense or more intense; intensification.
  • noun. The sum of the attributes contained in a term.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In biology, the origin of a new variety, race, or species from individuals which are restricted from free interbreeding with their kind.
  • noun. Intensity, quantity, or degree of a quality, action, or effect.
  • noun. The act of making intense; intensification.
  • noun. In logic, a term used by Sir William Hamilton for the sum of the characters given in the definition of a term: intended to replace the term comprehension.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained.
  • noun. Increase of power or energy of any quality or thing; intenseness; fervency.
  • noun. The collective attributes, qualities, or marks that make up a complex general notion; the comprehension, content, or connotation; -- opposed to extension, extent, or sphere.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any property or quality connoted by a word, phrase or other symbol, contrasted to actual instances in the real world to which the term applies.
  • noun. A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression
    • Word Usage
    "The content of an expression in a context determines a corresponding intension, which is a function from possible worlds to extensions."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    extension  extent  sphere  
    cross-reference
    intension and remission of forms  
    Form
    intensional  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    import  meaning  significance  signification  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    O-ring  assertor  coldnesse  counteraction  dismission  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fervency  intenseness  
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