Thesaurus: intension

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1. n. A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained; as, the intension of a musical string.
2. n. Increase of power or energy of any quality or thing; intenseness; fervency.
3. n. The collective attributes, qualities, or marks that make up a complex general notion; the comprehension, content, or connotation; -- opposed to extension, extent, or sphere.
4. n. what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression
5. 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. Jer. Taylor. 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.
6. The collective attributes, qualities, or marks that make up acomplex 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 inverseratio of its extension. Sir W. Hamilton.
7. n. what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression