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Cointense
Cointense Co`intense", a.
Equal in intensity or degree; as, the relations between 6 and
12, and 8 and 16, are cointense. --H. Spencer.
Cointension
Cointension Co`in*ten"sion, n.
The condition of being of equal in intensity; -- applied to
relations; as, 3:6 and 6:12 are relations of cointension.
Cointension . . . is chosen indicate the equality of
relations in respect of the contrast between their
terms. --H. Spencer.
IntensatingIntensate In*ten"sate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intensated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Intensating.] [See Intense.]
To intensify. [R.] --Emerson. Intensation
Intensation In`ten*sa"tion, n.
The act or process of intensifying; intensification; climax.
[R.] --Carlyle.
Intensative
Intensative In*ten"sa*tive, a.
Adding intensity; intensifying.
IntenseIntense In*tense", a. [L. intensus stretched, tight, p. p. of
intendere to stretch: cf. F. intense. See Intend, and cf.
Intent, and cf. Intent, a.]
1. Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very
close or earnest; as, intense study or application;
intense thought.
2. Extreme in degree; excessive; immoderate; as:
(a) Ardent; fervent; as, intense heat.
(b) Keen; biting; as, intense cold.
(c) Vehement; earnest; exceedingly strong; as, intense
passion or hate.
(d) Very severe; violent; as, intense pain or anguish.
(e) Deep; strong; brilliant; as, intense color or light.
In this intense seclusion of the forest.
--Hawthorne. Intensely
Intensely In*tense"ly, adv.
1. Intently. [Obs.] --J. Spencer.
2. To an extreme degree; as, weather intensely cold.
Intenseness
Intenseness In*tense"ness, n.
The state or quality of being intense; intensity; as, the
intenseness of heat or cold; the intenseness of study or
thought.
Intensification
Intensification In*ten`si*fi*ca"tion, n.
The act or process of intensifying, or of making more
intense.
IntensifiedIntensify In*ten"si*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intensified; p.
pr. & vb. n. Intensifying.] [Intense + -fly.]
To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to
intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to
intensify animosity. --Bacon.
How piercing is the sting of pride By want embittered
and intensified. --Longfellow. Intensifier
Intensifier In*ten"si*fi`er, n.
One who or that which intensifies or strengthens; in
photography, an agent used to intensify the lights or shadows
of a picture.
Intensify
Intensify In*ten"si*fy, v. i.
To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing
power or energy.
IntensifyIntensify In*ten"si*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intensified; p.
pr. & vb. n. Intensifying.] [Intense + -fly.]
To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to
intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to
intensify animosity. --Bacon.
How piercing is the sting of pride By want embittered
and intensified. --Longfellow. IntensifyingIntensify In*ten"si*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intensified; p.
pr. & vb. n. Intensifying.] [Intense + -fly.]
To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to
intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to
intensify animosity. --Bacon.
How piercing is the sting of pride By want embittered
and intensified. --Longfellow. IntensionIntension In*ten"sion, n. [L. intensio: cf. F. intension. See
Intend, and cf. Intention.]
1. A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being
strained; as, the intension of a musical string.
2. 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. Intensitive
Intensitive In*ten"si*tive, a.
Increasing the force or intensity of; intensive; as, the
intensitive words of a sentence. --H. Sweet.
IntensiveIntensive In*ten"sive, a. [Cf. F. intensif. See Intense.]
1. Stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree;
that can be intensified. --Sir M. Hale.
2. Characterized by persistence; intent; unremitted;
assiduous; intense. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.
3. (Gram.) Serving to give force or emphasis; as, an
intensive verb or preposition. Intensive
Intensive In*ten"sive, n.
That which intensifies or emphasizes; an intensive verb or
word.
IntensiveIntensive In*ten"sive, a. (Agric.)
Designating, or pertaining to, any system of farming or
horticulture, usually practiced on small pieces of land, in
which the soil is thoroughly worked and fertilized so as to
get as much return as possible; -- opposed to extensive. Intensively
Intensively In*ten"sive*ly, adv.
In an intensive manner; by increase of degree. --Abp.
Bramhall.
Intensiveness
Intensiveness In*ten"sive*ness, n.
The quality or state of being intensive; intensity. --Sir M.
Hale.
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