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cointension en · NOUN

Etymology

From co- + intension.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The condition of being of equal in intensity; applied to relations.
    • 3:6 and 6:12 are relations of cointension.
    • semantic cointension
    • 1870-1880, Herbert Spencer, Principles of Psychology If their intensities are equal , they must be called cointense; and the equality of their intensities is cointension