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Intension

//ɪnˈtɛnʃən// noun

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Noun

1
intensity or the act of becoming intense.
"Sounds […] likewise do rise and fall with the intension or remission of the wind."
2
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3
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.
"'Is a plant', 'has a trunk', 'has leaves' are intensions of the concept tree. Its extension is the set of all trees existing in the real world."
4
A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained. dated
"the intension of a musical string"

Etymology

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

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