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intensity

[ in-ten-si-tee ]

noun

, plural in·ten·si·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.

    Synonyms: vigor, energy, emotion, passion

  6. the strength or sharpness of a color due especially 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.
    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 /

noun

  1. the state or quality of being intense
  2. extreme force, degree, or amount
  3. 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
  4. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of intensity1

First recorded in 1655–65; intense + -ity
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Example Sentences

When John Krasinski took to the stage after the world premiere of his movie “A Quiet Place” last month at the South by Southwest Film Festival, he seemed startled and surprised not only by the intensity of the audience’s response but also, perhaps, even by the movie itself.

“All year we have celebrated fiction that inhabits ideas rather than declaiming on issues, not finding answers but changing the question of what we wanted to explore. Our unanimity about Orbital recognises its beauty and ambition. It reflects Harvey’s extraordinary intensity of attention to the precious and precarious world we share.”

Through the course of their research, the team learned that the arrangement and intensity of the lighting is critical.

But it has now been reappraised, with the ratings body ruling that "the detail and overall intensity" of violence in the film mean it should be a PG, which stands for parental guidance.

From BBC

Matt Proudfoot, an assistant coach in the Springboks set-up which won the World Cup in 2019 before overseeing England's forwards for three years under head coach Eddie Jones, believes that Genge is key to England's intensity.

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