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in⋅ten⋅si⋅ty

  [in-ten-si-tee]
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–noun, plural -ties.
1. the quality or condition of being intense.
2. great energy, strength, concentration, vehemence, etc., as of activity, thought, or feeling: He went at the job with great intensity.
3. a high or extreme degree, as of cold or heat.
4. the degree or extent to which something is intense.
5. a high degree of emotional excitement; depth of feeling: The poem lacked intensity and left me unmoved.
6. the strength or sharpness of a color due esp. to its degree of freedom from admixture with its complementary color.
7. Physics. magnitude, as of energy or a force per unit of area, volume, time, etc.
8. Speech.
a. the correlate of physical energy and the degree of loudness of a speech sound.
b. the relative carrying power of vocal utterance.
Origin:
1655–65; intense + -ity

Synonyms:
5. passion, emotion, energy, vigor.
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in·ten·si·ty   (ĭn-těn'sĭ-tē)   
n.   pl. in·ten·si·ties

  1. Exceptionally great concentration, power, or force.

  2. Physics The amount or degree of strength of electricity, light, heat, or sound per unit area or volume.

    1. The strength of a color, especially the degree to which it lacks its complementary color.

    2. See saturation.

sat·u·ra·tion   (sāch'ə-rā'shən)   
n.  

    1. The act or process of saturating.

    2. The condition of being saturated.

    3. The condition of being full to or beyond satisfaction; satiety.

  2. Physics A state of a ferromagnetic substance in which an increase in applied magnetic field strength does not produce an increase in magnetization.

  3. Chemistry The state of a compound or solution that is fully saturated.

  4. Meteorology A condition in which air at a specific temperature contains all the water vapor it can hold; 100 percent relative humidity.

  5. Vividness of hue; degree of difference from a gray of the same lightness or brightness. Also called intensity. See Table at color.

  6. Intensive shelling or bombing of a military target to achieve total destruction.

  7. The flooding of a market with all of a commodity that consumers can purchase.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Main Entry: in·ten·si·ty
Pronunciation: in-'ten(t)-s&t-E
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ties
1 : the quality or state of being intense; especially : extreme degree of strength, force, energy, or feeling
2 : the magnitude of a quantity (as force or energy) perunit (as of surface, charge, mass, or time)
3 : SATURATION 4a
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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