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Webster 1913 Edition
Intension
1.
A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained;
as, the
. intension
of a musical string2.
Increase of power or energy of any quality or thing; intenseness; fervency.
Jer. Taylor.
Sounds . . . likewise do rise and fall with the
intension
or remission of the wind. Bacon.
3.
(Logic & Metaph.)
The collective attributes, qualities, or marks that make up a complex general notion; the comprehension, content, or connotation; – opposed to
extension
, extent
, or sphere
. This law is, that the
intension
of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension. Sir W. Hamilton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Intension
INTEN'SION
,Noun.
1.
Increase of power or energy of any quality; opposed to remission.Definition 2024
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intension
See also: intensión
English
Noun
intension (plural intensions)
- intensity or the act of becoming intense [1].
- Francis Bacon
- Sounds […] likewise do rise and fall with the intension or remission of the wind.
- Francis Bacon
- (logic, semantics) Any property or quality connoted by a word, phrase or other symbol, contrasted to actual instances in the real world to which the term applies.
- Sir W. Hamilton
- This law is, that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension.
- Sir W. Hamilton
- (dated) A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained.
- the intension of a musical string
Usage notes
Not to be confused with intention.
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- 1 2 "intension" (The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, 2000)
Venetian
Alternative forms
- intenzion
Etymology
Compare Italian intenzione
Noun
intension f (invariable)