intensivenessn.
/ɪnˈtɛnsɪvnɪs/ The quality or condition of being intensive; vehemence, intensity.
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the world > matter > physics > energy or power of doing work > [noun] > degree of
strengthOE
intensivenessa1656
potencya1691
intensity1794
potence1817
energy level1902
power level1929
muscle1986
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [noun]
highnesseOE
strengthOE
altitude?a1475
vehemence1535
vehemency1546
profundity1565
height1601
profoundness1612
depth1624
intensenessa1631
exquisiteness1650
eminence1651
intensivenessa1656
intensity1665
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > vigour or intensity of action
keenness1600
emphasis1604
roundness1616
vigoura1630
vivacity1652
intensity1830
incision1862
intensiveness1892
a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) 207 The heat thereof was encreased by the intensivenesse of the Sun.
1656 H. Jeanes Treat. Fulnesse of Christ 221 in Mixture Scholasticall Divinity This love is for its intensivenesse, motion upwards unto heaven..compared unto fire.
1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. iii. 151 Accomplishments..that consist in the extensiveness of thought carry it in the public vogue before those that consist in the intensiveness of it.
1892 Schäffle Impossibility Soc. Democr. 277 Peasant industry carried on with growing intensiveness.
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