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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•ten•si•ty /ɪnˈtɛnsɪti/USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties. - [uncountable] the quality of being intense.
- great energy, strength, or force, as of activity or feeling:[uncountable]He answered with intensity that he hated materialism.
- [uncountable] the strength or sharpness of a color.
- Physics[countable]magnitude, as of energy or a force per unit of area, volume, time, etc.
See -tend-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•ten•si•ty (in ten′si tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties. - the quality or condition of being intense.
- great energy, strength, concentration, vehemence, etc., as of activity, thought, or feeling:He went at the job with great intensity.
- a high or extreme degree, as of cold or heat.
- the degree or extent to which something is intense.
- a high degree of emotional excitement;
depth of feeling:The poem lacked intensity and left me unmoved. - the strength or sharpness of a color due esp. to its degree of freedom from admixture with its complementary color.
- Physicsmagnitude, as of energy or a force per unit of area, volume, time, etc.
- Phonetics[Speech.]
- the correlate of physical energy and the degree of loudness of a speech sound.
- the relative carrying power of vocal utterance.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . passion, emotion, energy, vigor.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: intensity /ɪnˈtɛnsɪtɪ/ n ( pl -ties)- the state or quality of being intense
- extreme force, degree, or amount
- a measure of field strength or of the energy transmitted by radiation
- (of sound in a specified direction) the average rate of flow of sound energy, usually in watts, for one period through unit area at right angles to the specified direction
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