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 Definitions of intensity  [ɪnˈtɛn sɪ ti]  

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Definition of 'intensity' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) intensity
the quality or condition of being intense.

2.  intensity
great energy, strength, concentration, or vehemence, as of activity.

3.  intensity
a high or extreme degree, as of cold or heat.

4.  intensity
the degree or extent to which something is intense.

5.  intensity
a high degree of emotional excitement; depth of feeling.

6.  intensity
the strength or sharpness of a color due esp. to its degree of freedom from admixture with its complementary color.

7.  intensity
Physics. magnitude, as of energy or a force per unit of area, volume, time, etc.

Etymology:  (1655–65)

Definition of 'intensity' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) intensity, strength, intensity level
the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)
"he adjusted the intensity of the sound"; "they measured the station's signal strength"

2. (noun) intensity, intensiveness
high level or degree; the property of being intense

3. (noun) volume, loudness, intensity
the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)
"the kids played their music at full volume"

4. (noun) saturation, chroma, intensity, vividness
chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue


Definition of 'intensity' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) intensity
the state or quality of being intense; intenseness; extreme degree; as, intensity of heat, cold, mental application, passion, etc

2. (noun) intensity
the amount or degree of energy with which a force operates or a cause acts; effectiveness, as estimated by results produced

3. (noun) intensity
the magnitude of a distributed force, as pressure, stress, weight, etc., per unit of surface, or of volume, as the case may be; as, the measure of the intensity of a total stress of forty pounds which is distributed uniformly over a surface of four square inches area is ten pounds per square inch

4. (noun) intensity
the degree or depth of shade in a picture


Translation of 'intensity' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the quality of being intense
the intensity of the heat.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: intensiteit Arabic flag Arabic: شِدَّه، كَثافَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: интензивност
Brazilian flag Brazilian: intensidade Czech flag Czech: intenzita German flag German: die Intensität
Danish flag Danish: intensitet Greek flag Greek: ένταση, σφοδρότητα Spanish flag Spanish: intensidad
Estonian flag Estonian: tugevus Farsi flag Farsi: شدت Finnish flag Finnish: voimakkuus
French flag French: intensité Hebrew flag Hebrew: עוֹצמָה Hindi flag Hindi: उत्कटता, प्रचंडता
Croatian flag Croatian: intenzivnost Hungarian flag Hungarian: intenzitás Indonesian flag Indonesian: intensitas
Icelandic flag Icelandic: mikill kraftur/magn Italian flag Italian: intensità Japanese flag Japanese: 強烈さ
Korean flag Korean: 강렬 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: intensyvumas Latvian flag Latvian: intensitāte
Malay flag Malay: terlalu panas Dutch flag Dutch: intensiteit Norwegian flag Norwegian: styrke, kraft, intensitet
Polish flag Polish: intensywność Persian flag Persian: شدت Pashto flag Pashto: شدت
Portuguese flag Portuguese: intensidade Romanian flag Romanian: intensitate Russian flag Russian: интенсивность
Slovak flag Slovak: sila, výkonnosť, intenzit Slovenian flag Slovenian: jakost Serbian flag Serbian: intenzitet
Swedish flag Swedish: intensitet Thai flag Thai: ความรุนแรง Turkish flag Turkish: şiddet, yoğunluk
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 強度 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: сила, інтенсивність Urdu flag Urdu: شدّت
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cường độ Chinese flag Chinese: 强度

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