intensificationn.
/ɪnˌtɛnsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ a. The action of intensifying; intensified condition.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > increase in intensity
intention1603
intension1610
exasperation1633
exaltation1729
intensation1826
intensification1864
richening1881
hotting-up1940
1864 Reader 9 Apr. 450/1 The combustion is accompanied by a great intensification of the heat.
1867 G. H. Lewes Hist. Philos. (ed. 3) II. 73 An intensification of power by its economy of effort and definiteness of aim.
1880 R. G. White Every-day Eng. 46 Reduplication is..perhaps the earliest mode of expressing intensification of interest.
b. spec. in Photography: The thickening or increasing of the opacity of the film of a negative.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > [noun] > development > developing procedures
reduction1871
intensification1879
rehalogenization1889
rehalogenizing1889
tanning1899
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 359/1 It will be better to employ distilled water..in all parts of the process until the development and intensification are completed.
1883 J. T. Taylor Hardwich's Man. Photogr. Chem. (ed. 9) 382 The plate should be washed and dried previous to its being intensified, should intensification be found necessary.
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