Intension Definition

ĭn-tĕnshən
intensions
noun
intensions
Intentness; determination.
Webster's New World
Intensity or degree of intensity.
Webster's New World
The act of becoming intense or more intense; intensification.
American Heritage
The sum of the attributes contained in a term.
American Heritage
The properties possessed by all the objects in a term's extension; connotation.
Webster's New World
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intension
Plural:
intensions

Origin of Intension

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

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin intēnsiō intēnsiōn- from intēnsus stretched intense

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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