intensity en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ɪnˈtɛnsɪti/
Etymology
From intense + -ity. Cf. also Medieval Latin intensitas.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The quality of being intense.
“It is hard. And there is a level of viciousness that I was not expecting. I was not expecting the intensity of this experience, but this isn’t supposed to be easy. My father and this administration intends to be transformative, and we want to do big, bold things and we’re looking to change the status quo. So I didn’t expect it to be easy. I think some of the distractions and some of the ferocity was — I was a little blindsided by on a personal level,” she said.
2017 June 12, Betsy Klein, quoting Ivanka Trump, “Ivanka Trump: ‘There is a level of viciousness that I was not expecting’”, in CNN, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2017:
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(countable, uncountable) The degree of strength.
Fagus sylvatica (European beech) and Acer saccharum (sugar maple, from North America) are very tolerant of deep shade, while Betula spp. (birches) and Populus spp. (poplars) grow best under high light intensities.
2011, Peter A. Thomas, “General Forest Ecological Processes: Chapter 10 from Trees and Forests, a Color Guide”, in Arnoldia, volume 68, number 3, Boston, MA: Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, page 22:The painting’s dislocated, unformed features are the very opposite of the hard, painted dolls of the other portrait, and, where they are dead and ready to topple, this unknown man’s eyes are full of intensity and life.
1980, Ann Jefferson, “[Character and the age of suspicion] Unforgettable figures: Portrait d’un inconnu and Le voyeur”, in The Nouveau Roman and the Poetics of Fiction, Cambridge, Cambs: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 66:
- (countable, uncountable) Time-averaged energy flux (the ratio of average power to the area through which the power "flows"); irradiance.
- (countable, uncountable) Any of radiant intensity, luminous intensity or irradiance.
- (countable, uncountable) Synonym of radiance.
- (countable, uncountable) The severity of an earthquake in terms of its effects on the earth's surface, and buildings. The value depends on the distance from the epicentre, and is not to be confused with the magnitude.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| intensities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Mercalli intensity · immunointensity · archaeointensity · magnetic field intensity · isointensity · light intensity · superintensity · photointensity · hyperintensity · high intensity training · paleointensity · palaeointensity · luminous intensity · high-intensity · hypointensity · overintensity · serointensity · high-intensity interval training
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Translations (41)
cs intenzita (quality of being intense) · id sifat intens (quality of being intense) · ja 強度 (quality of being intense) · mi kahapā (geology: the severity of an earthquake in terms of its effects on the earth's surface, and buildings) · grc συντονία (quality of being intense) · ca intensitat (quality of being intense) · id intensitas (quality of being intense) · ro intensitate (quality of being intense) · ar شِدَّة (quality of being intense) · ru интенси́вность (quality of being intense) · cmn 烈度 (quality of being intense) · fi ankaruus (quality of being intense) · te తీవ్రత (quality of being intense) · hu intenzitás (quality of being intense) · es intensidad (quality of being intense) · ast intensidá (quality of being intense) · bg интензивност (quality of being intense) · he עוצמה (quality of being intense) · hi तीव्रता (quality of being intense) · ms keamatan (quality of being intense) · fi intensiivisyys (quality of being intense) · sv intensitet (quality of being intense) · kk қарқындылық (quality of being intense) · tl tindi (quality of being intense) · ms intensiti (quality of being intense) · cmn 強烈 /强烈 (quality of being intense) · cmn 強度 /强度 (quality of being intense) · hi प्रबलता (quality of being intense) · tr yoğunluk (quality of being intense) · fr intensité (quality of being intense) · ia intensitate (quality of being intense) · tl intensidad (quality of being intense) · ka ინტენსივობა (quality of being intense) · es intensión (quality of being intense) · mi kōiwi (quality of being intense) · pt intensidade (quality of being intense) · bg напрегнатост (quality of being intense) · de Intensität (quality of being intense) · it intensità (quality of being intense) · ko 강도 (quality of being intense) · gl intensidade (quality of being intense)