Definitions for intensity
ɪnˈtɛn sɪ tiin·ten·si·ty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.3 / 18 votes

1. intensity, strength, intensity levelnoun

   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. intensity, intensivenessnoun

   high level or degree; the property of being intense

3. volume, loudness, intensitynoun

   the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)

   "the kids played their music at full volume"

4. saturation, chroma, intensity, vividnessnoun

   chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 2 votes

1. intensitynoun

   the quality of being intense

2. intensitynoun

   the degree of strength

3. intensitynoun

   time-averaged energy flux (the ratio of average power to the area through which the power "flows"); irradiance

4. intensitynoun

   can mean any of radiant intensity, luminous intensity or irradiance

5. intensitynoun

   syn. radiance

6. intensitynoun

   The severity of an earthquake in terms of its effects on the earth's surface, and buildings. The value depends on the distance from the epicentre, and is not to be confused with the magnitude.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. intensity

   Intensity generally refers to the degree of strength, force, energy or concentration in a specific context or element. It can be applied to different areas such as light, sound, exercise, emotions and more, where it is used to measure or describe the extent or degree of a particular attribute or quality.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. Intensitynoun

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

2. Intensitynoun

   the amount or degree of energy with which a force operates or a cause acts; effectiveness, as estimated by results produced

3. Intensitynoun

   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. Intensitynoun

   the degree or depth of shade in a picture

5. Etymology: [LL. intensitas: cf. F. intensit. See Intense.]

WikidataRate this definition:4.0 / 3 votes

1. Intensity

   In physics, intensity is the power transferred per unit area. In the SI system, it has units watts per metre squared. It is used most frequently with waves, in which case the average power transfer over one period of the wave is used. Intensity can be applied to other circumstances where energy is transferred. For example, one could calculate the intensity of the kinetic energy carried by drops of water from a garden sprinkler. The word "intensity" as used here is not synonymous with "strength", "amplitude", or "level", as it sometimes is in colloquial speech. Intensity can be found by taking the energy density at a point in space and multiplying it by the velocity at which the energy is moving. The resulting vector has the units of power divided by area.

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1. • Degree
   • Magnitude
   • Sound Property

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'intensity' in Nouns Frequency: #2059

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How to say intensity in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of intensity in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of intensity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of intensity in a Sentence

1. Ramana Pemmaraju:

   No man has ever expressed his happiness nor his sorrow in the same intensity he experienced! ~ ramana pemmaraju

2. Ashan Benedict:

   While we're standing there at this bomb scene, the radios from the uniformed officers I'm speaking with are going off in greater intensity. It's not just your normal radio transmissions -- folks are calling for help and their voices are raised.

3. Sebastian Lletget:

   We just fought, we knew we just had to match their intensity. That was the biggest change in the second half.

4. Eva Schernhammer:

   To derive practical implications for shift workers and their health, the role of duration and intensity of rotating night shift work and the interplay of shift schedules with individual traits (e.g., chronotype) warrant further exploration.

5. Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper:

   The intensity of rhetoric sometimes seems to pull a trigger in their brain, they lose contact with what reality is.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=intensity
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Intensity
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intensity
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=intensity
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=intensity