Definition of Intensity

1. Noun. The amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation). "They measured the station's signal strength"


2. Noun. High level or degree; the property of being intense.

3. Noun. The magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction). "The kids played their music at full volume"
Exact synonyms: Loudness, Volume
Generic synonyms: Sound Property
Specialized synonyms: Crescendo, Forte, Fortissimo
Attributes: Loud, Soft
Derivative terms: Loud, Loud
Antonyms: Softness

4. Noun. Chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue.
Exact synonyms: Chroma, Saturation, Vividness
Substance meronyms: Chromatic Color, Chromatic Colour, Spectral Color, Spectral Colour
Generic synonyms: Color Property
Derivative terms: Chromatic, Intense, Intensify, Vivid, Vivid

Definition of Intensity

1. n. The state or quality of being intense; intenseness; extreme degree; as, intensity of heat, cold, mental application, passion, etc.

Definition of Intensity

1. Noun. the quality of being intense ¹

2. Noun. the degree of strength ¹

3. Noun. (physics) time-averaged energy flux (the ratio of average power to the area through which the power "flows"); irradiance ¹

4. Noun. (optics) can mean any of radiant intensity, luminous intensity or irradiance ¹

5. Noun. (astronomy) syn. radiance ¹

6. Noun. (geology) 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. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Intensity

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Medical Definition of Intensity

1. The condition or quality of being intense, a high degree of tension, activity or energy. Origin: L. Intensus = intense, tendere = to stretch This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intensity

intensifier
intensifiers
intensifies
intensify
intensifying
intensifying screen
intension
intensional
intensional definition
intensional logic
intensionality
intensionally
intensions
intensities
intensitive
intensity (current term)
intensity level
intensity of sound
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intensive-care
intensive care
intensive care unit
intensive care units
intensive management
intensive properties
intensive psychotherapy
intensively
intensiveness
intensivenesses
intensives

Literary usage of Intensity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1897)
"From the difference in the distances of the two ends of the trough from the source of the light the authors calculate that the difference in the intensity ..."

2. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1881)
"The Resultant electric intensity at any point is the force which would be exerted ... Hence the quantity R is also called the Electromotive intensity at the ..."

3. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1911)
"With reference to intensity 357 (b) Varying degrees of imaginal intensity 358 (a) Ascription of intensity to images 357 2. ..."

4. Smithsonian Physical Tables by Smithsonian Institution, Frederick Eugene Fowle (1916)
"The sensibility is approximately proportional to the intensity over a wide range. The ratio of optical- to radiation-intensity increases more rapidly for ..."

5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1897)
"From the difference in the distances of the two ends of the trough from the source of the light the authors calculate that the difference in the intensity ..."

6. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1881)
"The Resultant electric intensity at any point is the force which would be exerted ... Hence the quantity R is also called the Electromotive intensity at the ..."

7. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1911)
"With reference to intensity 357 (b) Varying degrees of imaginal intensity 358 (a) Ascription of intensity to images 357 2. ..."

8. Smithsonian Physical Tables by Smithsonian Institution, Frederick Eugene Fowle (1916)
"The sensibility is approximately proportional to the intensity over a wide range. The ratio of optical- to radiation-intensity increases more rapidly for ..."

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