Sounds […] likewise do rise and fall with the intension or remission of the wind.
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Intension
/ɪnˈtɛnʃən/
Synonyms for "intension" (38 found)
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mental content
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6 entriescognitive intensionconceptual intensionintensional meaninglinguistic intensionphilosophical intensionsemantic intension
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'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.
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This law is, that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension.
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the intension of a musical string
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