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intension

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Intensity or the act of becoming intenseIntensity or the act of becoming intense.

/ɪnˈtɛnʃən/

Значение

значений: 4

(неисчисляемое)Intensity or the act of becoming intense.
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)Intensification.
(исчисляемое)Any property or quality connoted by a word, phrase or other symbol, contrasted with actual instances in the real world to which the term applies.
'Is a plant', 'has a trunk', 'has leaves' are intensions of the concept tree. Its extension is the set of all trees existing in the real world.
(исчисляемое, устаревшее)A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained.
the intension of a musical string

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Происхождение

From Latin intēnsiō (“straining, effort; intensifying”), from intēnsus (“stretched”), perf

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

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