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intensity

[ in-ten-si-tee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural in·ten·si·ties.

the quality or condition of being intense.
great energy, strength, concentration, vehemence, etc., as of activity, thought, or feeling:
He went at the job with great intensity.
a high or extreme degree, as of cold or heat.
the degree or extent to which something is intense.
a high degree of emotional excitement; depth of feeling:
The poem lacked intensity and left me unmoved.
Synonyms: vigor, energy, emotion, passion
the strength or sharpness of a color due especially to its degree of freedom from admixture with its complementary color.
Physics. magnitude, as of energy or a force per unit of area, volume, time, etc.
Speech.
1. the correlate of physical energy and the degree of loudness of a speech sound.
2. the relative carrying power of vocal utterance.

intensity

/ ɪnˈtɛnsɪtɪ /

the state or quality of being intense
extreme force, degree, or amount
physics
1. a measure of field strength or of the energy transmitted by radiation See radiant intensity luminous intensity
2. (of sound in a specified direction) the average rate of flow of sound energy, usually in watts, for one period through unit area at right angles to the specified direction I
Also calledearthquake intensity geology a measure of the size of an earthquake based on observation of the effects of the shock at the earth's surface. Specified on the Mercalli scale See Mercalli scale Richter scale

First recorded in 1655–65; intense + -ity

White and Crandall agree that low-intensity workouts are ideal.

He was just seamlessly being this person—the ferocity and intensity was incredible.

Amina Alzouma (“Young Girl”) surprised us all with her disturbingly beautiful displays of vulnerability and intensity.

“You are bringing someone into an atmosphere of intensity, and adding a lot of pressure to a first-time meeting,” says Berman.

How Ragsdale can live with all this day-in-day-out intensity from strangers is baffling.

The intensity of his sensations seemed inexplicable, unless some reality, some truth, lay behind them.

The intensity of this drama, however, being interior, caused little outward disturbance that casual onlookers need have noticed.

They glittered and shone with an intensity of colour which surpassed even those of the rainbow.

The complaints increased in number and intensity and Members of Parliament and newspaper writers joined in the jeremiad.

A fiery intensity of light lay over it, as though any moment it must burst into sheets of flame.

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