intensity
pronunciation
How to pronounce intensity in British English: UK [ɪnˈtensəti]
How to pronounce intensity in American English: US [ɪnˈtensəti]
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- Noun:
- the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)
- high level or degree; the property of being intense
- the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)
- chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vividness of hue
Word Origin
- intensity (n.)
- formed in English 1660s from intense + -ity. Earlier was intenseness (1610s). Sense of "extreme depth of feeling" first recorded 1830.
Example
- 1. Remember to start slowly and build up intensity gradually .
- 2. How can the faithful preserve this level of emotional intensity ?
- 3. Intensity of a qualitative and quantitative criteria .
- 4. Start with a very gentle touch and then build up the level of intensity .
- 5. The uv intensity was constant at 1.2 mw / cm2 .