in·ten·sion /ɪnˈtɛn(t)ʃən/
緊張,強度,內涵,專心
In·ten·sion n.
1. A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained; as, the intension of a musical string.
2. Increase of power or energy of any quality or thing; intenseness; fervency.
Sounds . . . likewise do rise and fall with the intension or remission of the wind. --Bacon.
3. Logic & Metaph. The collective attributes, qualities, or marks that make up a complex general notion; the comprehension, content, or connotation; -- opposed to extension, extent, or sphere.
This law is, that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension. --Sir W. Hamilton.
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intension
n : what you must know in order to determine the reference of an
expression [syn: connotation]