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Dictionary: in·ten·si·ty   (ĭn-tĕn'sĭ-tē) pronunciation
 
n., pl. -ties.
  1. Exceptionally great concentration, power, or force.
  2. Physics. The amount or degree of strength of electricity, light, heat, or sound per unit area or volume.
    1. The strength of a color, especially the degree to which it lacks its complementary color.
    2. See saturation (sense 5).

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Cost consumed by each unit of the activity driver. It is assumed that the intensity of each unit of the activity driver for a single activity is equal. Unequal intensity means that the activity should be broken into smaller activities or that a different activity driver should be chosen. See also Diversity.

 
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noun

    Exceptionally great concentration, power, or force, especially in activity: depth (often used in plural), ferociousness, ferocity, fierceness, fury, pitch, severity, vehemence, vehemency, violence. See big/small/amount, strong/weak.

 
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n

Definition: passion, force
Antonyms: apathy, dullness, inactivity, indifference, laziness, lethargy, moderation


 
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Of an earthquake, a term for the severity of ground movement at any location. See mercalli scale.

 

1. The quantitative, rather than the qualitative aspect of stimulation and experience; for example, the magnitude or amplitude of sound waves as distinguished from their frequency.

2. In sport psychology, a component of motivation that relates to the amount of effort an athlete makes in particular situations.

 
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The dose-rate (mA⋅s) of the beam of x-rays; the further the film is from the source of x-rays the less intense is the beam.

 
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Intensity is a widely-used term, which can refer to:

In colloquial use:

In physics:

In optics:

In heat transfer:

In astronomy:

  • Radiance, power per unit solid angle per unit projected source area (W·sr-1·m-2)

In seismology:

Other uses:

See also


 
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - intensitet, styrke, heftighed, voldsomhed

Nederlands (Dutch)
intensiteit

Français (French)
n. - intensité

Deutsch (German)
n. - Intensität, Heftigkeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ένταση, σφοδρότητα, δριμύτητα

Italiano (Italian)
intensità

Português (Portuguese)
n. - intensidade (f)

Русский (Russian)
интенсивность, напряженность (электрического поля), напряженность

Español (Spanish)
n. - intensidad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - intensitet, styrka (äv. fys.), våldsamhet, innerlighet, svärta (foto)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
强烈, 强度, 紧张, 亮度

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 強烈, 強度, 緊張, 亮度

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 강렬, 효력, 강도

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 強烈, 強さ, 激しさ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قوة, كثافه, شدة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חוזק, עוצמה, עוז, עוצמה ניתנת למדידה של תכונה מסוימת (פיסיקה)‬


 
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