Intension

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The state or quality of being intense; intensity.
  • n. The act of becoming intense or more intense; intensification.
  • n. Logic The sum of the attributes contained in a term.
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  • n. Any property or quality connoted by a word, phrase or other symbol, contrasted to actual instances in the real world to which the term applies.
  • n. A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained.
  • n. Increase of power or energy of any quality or thing; intenseness; fervency.
  • n. The collective attributes, qualities, or marks that make up a complex general notion; the comprehension, content, or connotation; -- opposed to extension, extent, or sphere.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Intensity, quantity, or degree of a quality, action, or effect.
  • n. The act of making intense; intensification.
  • n. In logic, a term used by Sir William Hamilton for the sum of the characters given in the definition of a term: intended to replace the term comprehension.
  • n. In biology, the origin of a new variety, race, or species from individuals which are restricted from free interbreeding with their kind.
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  • n. what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression
    • Antonym
    extension    extent    sphere   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    significance    signification    import    meaning   
    Cross Reference
    intension and remission of forms   
    Form
    intensional   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    intenseness    fervency   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    counteraction    insist    instrumentalization    upbraiding    greasefilte   
     
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