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intension

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Noun

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in=ten=sion

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun intension has 1 sense

intension(n = noun.communication) connotation - what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression; Array

is a kind of import, meaning, significance, signification

Derived form adjective intensional₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

intension, n. [L. intensio: cf. F. intension. See Intend, and cf. Intention.].

A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained; as, the intension of a musical string. [1913 Webster]
Increase of power or energy of any quality or thing; intenseness; fervency. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
"Sounds . . . likewise do rise and fall with the intension or remission of the wind." [1913 Webster]
The collective attributes, qualities, or marks that make up a complex general notion; the comprehension, content, or connotation; -- opposed to extension, extent, or sphere. [1913 Webster]
"This law is, that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension." [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

intension, n.
1 Logic the internal content of a concept.
2 formal the intensity, or high degree, of a quality.
3 formal the strenuous exertion of the mind or will.

Derivative

intensional adj. intensionally adv.

Etymology

L intensio (as INTEND)

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