Intension
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪnˈtɛnʃən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Intension is a noun meaning intensity or the act of becoming intense.
Meaning
intensity or the act of becoming intense.
More Meanings
- (logic, semantics) 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.
- (dated) A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained.
Example Sentences
the intension of a musical string
Sounds […] likewise do rise and fall with the intension or remission of the wind.
This law is, that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension.
'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.
Word Forms
- intensions
Synonyms for intension
Depending on context, synonyms include sense, connotation.
Antonyms for intension
Common opposites include extension.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sense, connotation, intensification, superintensity, intensifying, intensifier.
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