intension

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɛnʃən/

The English word “intension” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

Intensity or the act of becoming intense.
Intensification.
Any property or quality connoted by a word, phrase or other symbol, contrasted with actual instances in the real world to which the term applies.
A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained.

Etymology

From Latin intēnsiō (“straining, effort; intensifying”), from intēnsus (“stretched”), perfect passive participle of intendō (“strain or stretch toward”).

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