"intension" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪnˈtɛnʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-intension.wav [Southern-England] Forms: intensions [plural]
Etymology: From Latin intēnsiō (“straining, effort; intensifying”), from intēnsus (“stretched”), perfect passive participle of intendō (“strain or stretch toward”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|intēnsiō||straining, effort; intensifying}} Latin intēnsiō (“straining, effort; intensifying”), {{m|la|intēnsus||stretched}} intēnsus (“stretched”), {{m|la|intendō||strain or stretch toward}} intendō (“strain or stretch toward”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} intension (plural intensions)
  1. intensity or the act of becoming intense. Translations (intensity): напрежение (napreženie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), интензивност (intenzivnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-intension-en-noun-jyBLdKmz Disambiguation of 'intensity': 78 20 2
  2. (logic, semantics) 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. Categories (topical): Logic, Semantics
    Sense id: en-intension-en-noun-1B3pjNPu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 54 41 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 8 64 28 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences, semantics
  3. (dated) A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-intension-en-noun-zAzo-8g8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: intensional Related terms: extension, comprehension

Inflected forms

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