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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•ten•sion (in ten′shən),USA pronunciation n. - intensification;
increase in degree. - intensity;
high degree. - relative intensity;
degree. - exertion of the mind;
determination. - Philosophy[Logic.](of a term) the set of attributes belonging to all and only those things to which the given term is correctly applied;
connotation;
comprehension. Cf. extension (def. 12).
- Latin intēnsiōn- (stem of intēnsiō). See intense, -ion
- 1595–1605
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: intension /ɪnˈtɛnʃən/ n - the set of characteristics or properties by which the referent or referents of a given word are determined: thus, the intension of marsupial is the set containing the characteristics suckling its young and having a pouch
- a rare word for intensification
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