intensity - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'intensity' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Intensity

[ n.]

- The state or quality of being intense; intenseness; extreme degree; as, intensity of heat, cold, mental application, passion, etc.
- The amount or degree of energy with which a force operates or a cause acts; effectiveness, as estimated by results produced.
- The magnitude of a distributed force, as pressure, stress, weight, etc., per unit of surface, or of volume, as the case may be; as, the measure of the intensity of a total stress of forty pounds which is distributed uniformly over a surface of four square inches area is ten pounds per square inch.
- The degree or depth of shade in a picture.

Meaning of 'intensity' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . intensity

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)

Example in sentence:

he adjusted the intensity of the sound;
they measured the station's signal strength

Meaning (2):
- the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)

Example in sentence:

the kids played their music at full volume

Nearby Words:

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Asset Intensity
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Entrepreneurial intensity
Entrepreneurial intensity is referred to the position of a firm on a conceptual continuum that ranges from highly conservative to highly entrepreneurial.

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