intensity

pronunciation

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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 .

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