- 1. n. A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained; as, the intension of a musical string. Source: opted
- 2. n. Increase of power or energy of any quality or thing; intenseness; fervency. Source: opted
- 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. Source: opted
- 4. n. what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 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. Source: adambom
- 7. n. what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression Source: ecdict
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