Meaning of Intension | Babel Free

Definitions

1. intensity or the act of becoming intense.
2. Any property or quality connoted by a word, phrase or other symbol, contrasted with actual instances in the real world to which the term applies.
3. A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained.
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Examples

“Sounds […] likewise do rise⟳ and fall⟳ with the intension or remission of the wind.”

“'Is a plant⟳', 'has a trunk', 'has leaves' are intensions of the concept tree. Its extension is the set⟳ of all trees existing in the real world.”

“This law is, that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension.”

“the intension of a musical string”

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