intensityn.

/ɪnˈtɛnsɪti/

Etymology: < intense adj. + -ity suffix: compare French intensité (1743 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter).

a. The quality of being intense; a strained or very high degree (of a quality, condition, or action, or of the characteristic quality of something); extreme force, strength, depth, brightness, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [noun]

highnesseOE

strengthOE

altitude?a1475

vehemence1535

vehemency1546

profundity1565

height1601

profoundness1612

depth1624

intensenessa1631

exquisiteness1650

eminence1651

intensivenessa1656

intensity1665

1665 R. Boyle New Exper. & Observ. Cold 497 Susceptible of such an intensity of cold.

1791 E. Burke Appeal New to Old Whigs 119 The number engaged..only augments the quantity and the intensity of the guilt.

1826 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. (ed. 2) I. xii. 239 In England great crimes escape thro the intensity of law; in Italy small ones thro its relaxation.

1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 90 The water from the intensity of its blue, must be very deep.

1834 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 124 222 The term intensity..is immediately referable to..the operation of either a part, or the whole of the total force in a given direction up to the point of discharge.

1843 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters I. 119 Nature exhibits her hues under an intensity of sunlight which trebles their brilliancy.

1879 O. N. Rood Mod. Chromatics iii. 39 Purity and luminosity are the factors on which the intensity or saturation depends.

1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. ix. 156 The second more specialized type of connotation..is intensity. The most characteristic intense forms are exclamations.

1939 C. Brooks & R. P. Warren Understanding Poetry ii. 167 The effect of this condensation in poetry is a sense of greater intensity than is usually found in prose fiction.

1961 J. H. Goodier Dict. Painting & Decorating 143 Intensity, the purity of a colour, sometimes called the ‘saturation’ or, in American terminology, the ‘chroma’.

b. High-strung quality of personal feeling or emotion; strenuous energy of action.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > intense emotion > [noun] > intensity or depth

strengthOE

deepnessc1175

inliheadc1450

profundity1565

depth1597

keenness1600

profoundness1612

poignancy1745

poignance1812

intensity1830

inwardness1836

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > vigour or intensity of action

keenness1600

emphasis1604

roundness1616

vigoura1630

vivacity1652

intensity1830

incision1862

intensiveness1892

1830 R. Southey Life of Bunyan in Pilgr. 38 This led him to search the Bible and dwell upon it with an earnestness and intensity which no determination of a calmer mind could have commanded.

1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 13 He..looked at the stranger for several seconds with a stern intensity.

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. i. ii. 22 She might have done so with an agreeable sense that she was living with some intensity and escaping humdrum.

1876 J. R. Lowell Wordsworth in Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 243 In proportion to the intensity needful to make his nature thoroughly aglow is the very high quality of his best verses.

1896 G. F. Stout Analyt. Psychol. I. i. v. 110 The word ‘intensity’ in..psychology..is usually regarded as synonymous with the liveliness or vivacity of which Hume has so much to say.

c. with plural. An instance of this quality; an intense condition.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > intense emotion > [noun] > instance of

intensitya1849

a1849 E. A. Poe Blackwood Article in Wks. (1864) IV. 232 What everybody else calls the intensities.

1861 H. Bushnell Christian Nurture ii. viii. 368 Over-dosing in the spiritual intensities of religion.

a. The degree or amount of some quality, condition, etc.; force, strength, energy; degree of some characteristic quality, as brightness, etc.; esp. in Physics, as a measurable quantity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > degree or relative amount of a quality, action, etc. > [noun]

prickOE

degreec1380

greec1386

largenessa1398

rate1523

size1534

pitcha1568

pin1584

scantling1586

intension1604

assize1625

proportion1641

process1655

to a certain extent1671

intensity1794

level1897

the world > matter > physics > energy or power of doing work > [noun] > degree of

strengthOE

intensivenessa1656

potencya1691

intensity1794

potence1817

energy level1902

power level1929

muscle1986

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > intensity of light, luminosity > [noun] > degree of intensity

intensity1794

candle1866

Lambert1895

1794 J. Hutton Diss. Philos. Light 291 The light of greatest intensity, which is supposed to be white.

1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 26 Denoting the degrees of intensity of some particular qualities by figures.

1831 D. Brewster Treat. Optics xxii. 200 To compare the polarising intensities of different crystals.

1881 J. C. Maxwell Treat. Electr. & Magnetism (ed. 2) I. 168 The force on a small charged body is proportional to its own charge, and the force per unit of charge is called the Intensity of the force.

b. Photography. = density n. 4; cf. intense adj. 2b.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > [noun] > density

intensity1855

1855 T. F. Hardwich Man. Photogr. Chem. viii. 111 With the intensity of a picture..the developing fluid is largely concerned.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations.

ΚΠ

1844 H. M. Noad Lect. Electr. (ed. 2) ix. 401 The trifling decomposing effect from the intensity-inductor.

a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1192/1 An intensity battery is one in which the elements are coupled up together, to give a current known as high-tension.

1927 E. G. Richardson Sound x. 238 Beside the frequency limits there are intensity limits to the sounds which the ear can perceive.

1932 D. Jones Outl. Eng. Phonetics (ed. 3) xxxi. 277 Contrast-emphasis may be applied to almost any word, but intensity-emphasis can only be applied to certain words expressing qualities which are measurable.

1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 452/1 Intensity modulation, modulation of a luminosity of the fluorescent screen of a cathode ray tube by variation of the current carried in the beam.

1947 Radiology 49 284/2 Our data also suggest that an intensity factor exists. Daily exposures of very short duration over long periods of time should therefore be avoided.

1964 J. C. Catford in D. Abercrombie et al. Daniel Jones 31 Fricative hiss,..intensity-modulated by voice.

1972 Science 16 June 1236/1 The audio frequency Doppler signals from the detector were amplified sufficiently to provide a 30- to 40-volt signal for intensity-modulating the cathode-ray tube.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	intensity
释义	intensityn. /ɪnˈtɛnsɪti/ Etymology: < intense adj. + -ity suffix: compare French intensité (1743 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter). 1. a. The quality of being intense; a strained or very high degree (of a quality, condition, or action, or of the characteristic quality of something); extreme force, strength, depth, brightness, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [noun] highnesseOE strengthOE altitude?a1475 vehemence1535 vehemency1546 profundity1565 height1601 profoundness1612 depth1624 intensenessa1631 exquisiteness1650 eminence1651 intensivenessa1656 intensity1665 1665 R. Boyle New Exper. & Observ. Cold 497 Susceptible of such an intensity of cold. 1791 E. Burke Appeal New to Old Whigs 119 The number engaged..only augments the quantity and the intensity of the guilt. 1826 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. (ed. 2) I. xii. 239 In England great crimes escape thro the intensity of law; in Italy small ones thro its relaxation. 1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 90 The water from the intensity of its blue, must be very deep. 1834 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 124 222 The term intensity..is immediately referable to..the operation of either a part, or the whole of the total force in a given direction up to the point of discharge. 1843 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters I. 119 Nature exhibits her hues under an intensity of sunlight which trebles their brilliancy. 1879 O. N. Rood Mod. Chromatics iii. 39 Purity and luminosity are the factors on which the intensity or saturation depends. 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. ix. 156 The second more specialized type of connotation..is intensity. The most characteristic intense forms are exclamations. 1939 C. Brooks & R. P. Warren Understanding Poetry ii. 167 The effect of this condensation in poetry is a sense of greater intensity than is usually found in prose fiction. 1961 J. H. Goodier Dict. Painting & Decorating 143 Intensity, the purity of a colour, sometimes called the ‘saturation’ or, in American terminology, the ‘chroma’. b. High-strung quality of personal feeling or emotion; strenuous energy of action. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > intense emotion > [noun] > intensity or depth strengthOE deepnessc1175 inliheadc1450 profundity1565 depth1597 keenness1600 profoundness1612 poignancy1745 poignance1812 intensity1830 inwardness1836 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > vigour or intensity of action keenness1600 emphasis1604 roundness1616 vigoura1630 vivacity1652 intensity1830 incision1862 intensiveness1892 1830 R. Southey Life of Bunyan in Pilgr. 38 This led him to search the Bible and dwell upon it with an earnestness and intensity which no determination of a calmer mind could have commanded. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 13 He..looked at the stranger for several seconds with a stern intensity. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. i. ii. 22 She might have done so with an agreeable sense that she was living with some intensity and escaping humdrum. 1876 J. R. Lowell Wordsworth in Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 243 In proportion to the intensity needful to make his nature thoroughly aglow is the very high quality of his best verses. 1896 G. F. Stout Analyt. Psychol. I. i. v. 110 The word ‘intensity’ in..psychology..is usually regarded as synonymous with the liveliness or vivacity of which Hume has so much to say. c. with plural. An instance of this quality; an intense condition. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > intense emotion > [noun] > instance of intensitya1849 a1849 E. A. Poe Blackwood Article in Wks. (1864) IV. 232 What everybody else calls the intensities. 1861 H. Bushnell Christian Nurture ii. viii. 368 Over-dosing in the spiritual intensities of religion. 2. a. The degree or amount of some quality, condition, etc.; force, strength, energy; degree of some characteristic quality, as brightness, etc.; esp. in Physics, as a measurable quantity. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > degree or relative amount of a quality, action, etc. > [noun] prickOE degreec1380 greec1386 largenessa1398 rate1523 size1534 pitcha1568 pin1584 scantling1586 intension1604 assize1625 proportion1641 process1655 to a certain extent1671 intensity1794 level1897 the world > matter > physics > energy or power of doing work > [noun] > degree of strengthOE intensivenessa1656 potencya1691 intensity1794 potence1817 energy level1902 power level1929 muscle1986 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > intensity of light, luminosity > [noun] > degree of intensity intensity1794 candle1866 Lambert1895 1794 J. Hutton Diss. Philos. Light 291 The light of greatest intensity, which is supposed to be white. 1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 26 Denoting the degrees of intensity of some particular qualities by figures. 1831 D. Brewster Treat. Optics xxii. 200 To compare the polarising intensities of different crystals. 1881 J. C. Maxwell Treat. Electr. & Magnetism (ed. 2) I. 168 The force on a small charged body is proportional to its own charge, and the force per unit of charge is called the Intensity of the force. b. Photography. = density n. 4; cf. intense adj. 2b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > [noun] > density intensity1855 1855 T. F. Hardwich Man. Photogr. Chem. viii. 111 With the intensity of a picture..the developing fluid is largely concerned. Compounds attributive and in other combinations. ΚΠ 1844 H. M. Noad Lect. Electr. (ed. 2) ix. 401 The trifling decomposing effect from the intensity-inductor. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1192/1 An intensity battery is one in which the elements are coupled up together, to give a current known as high-tension. 1927 E. G. Richardson Sound x. 238 Beside the frequency limits there are intensity limits to the sounds which the ear can perceive. 1932 D. Jones Outl. Eng. Phonetics (ed. 3) xxxi. 277 Contrast-emphasis may be applied to almost any word, but intensity-emphasis can only be applied to certain words expressing qualities which are measurable. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 452/1 Intensity modulation, modulation of a luminosity of the fluorescent screen of a cathode ray tube by variation of the current carried in the beam. 1947 Radiology 49 284/2 Our data also suggest that an intensity factor exists. Daily exposures of very short duration over long periods of time should therefore be avoided. 1964 J. C. Catford in D. Abercrombie et al. Daniel Jones 31 Fricative hiss,..intensity-modulated by voice. 1972 Science 16 June 1236/1 The audio frequency Doppler signals from the detector were amplified sufficiently to provide a 30- to 40-volt signal for intensity-modulating the cathode-ray tube. 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