ALL meanings of intension
in·ten·sion
I i - noun intension The internal content of a concept. 1
- noun intension intensification; increase in degree. 1
- noun intension intensity; high degree. 1
- noun intension relative intensity; degree. 1
- noun intension exertion of the mind; determination. 1
- noun intension Logic. (of a term) the set of attributes belonging to all and only those things to which the given term is correctly applied; connotation; comprehension. Compare extension (def 12). 1
- noun intension the set of characteristics or properties by which the referent or referents of a given word are determined: thus, the intension of marsupial is the set containing the characteristics suckling its young and having a pouch 0
- noun intension a rare word for intensification 0
- noun intension intentness; determination 0
- abbreviation INTENSION intensification 0
- noun intension the quality of being intense; intensity or degree of intensity 0
- noun intension the properties possessed by all the objects in a term's extension; connotation 0