Definition of intensities Intensities

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  • intensities (Noun)
    Plural of intensity.

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Noun

Plural: intensities

intensity - high level or degree; the property of being intense
  intensiveness
  degree, level, grade a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree"
  forcefulness, strength, force the property of being physically or mentally strong; "fatigue sapped his strength"
  badness, severeness, severity used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
  vehemence, emphasis intensity or forcefulness of expression; "the vehemence of his denial"; "his emphasis on civil rights"
  top a garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips; "he stared as she buttoned her top"
intensity - the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation); "he adjusted the intensity of the sound"; "they measured the station's signal strength"
  strength, intensity level
  magnitude the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small); "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the magnitude of a small pea"
  radio brightness the strength of a radio wave picked up by a radio telescope
  threshold level the intensity level that is just barely perceptible
  field intensity, field strength the vector sum of all the forces exerted by an electrical or magnetic field (on a unit mass or unit charge or unit magnetic pole) at a given point in the field
  candlepower, light intensity luminous intensity measured in candelas
  acoustic power, sound pressure level the physical intensity of sound
intensity - the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction); "the kids played their music at full volume"
  volume, loudness
  softness a disposition to be lenient in judging others; "softness is not something permitted of good leaders"
  loud characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity; "a group of loud children"; "loud thunder"; "her voice was too loud"; "loud trombones"
  soft not brilliant or glaring; "the moon cast soft shadows"; "soft pastel colors"; "subdued lighting"
  sound property an attribute of sound
  crescendo (music) a gradual increase in loudness
intensity - chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue
  saturation, chroma, vividness
  color property an attribute of color
  chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour a color that has hue
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  • intensity (Noun)
    The quality of being intense.
  • intensity (Noun)
    The degree of strength.
  • intensity (Noun)
    Time-averaged energy flux the ratio of average power to the area through which the power "flows"; irradiance.
  • intensity (Noun)
    Can mean any of radiant intensity , luminous intensity or irradiance.
  • intensity (Noun)
    Syn. radiance.
  • intensity (Noun)
    The severity of an earthquake in terms of its effects on the earth's surface, and buildings. The value depends on the distance from the epicentre, and is not to be confused with the magnitude.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • intensity (n.)
    The state or quality of being intense; intenseness; extreme degree; as, intensity of heat, cold, mental application, passion, etc.
  • intensity (n.)
    The amount or degree of energy with which a force operates or a cause acts; effectiveness, as estimated by results produced.
  • intensity (n.)
    The magnitude of a distributed force, as pressure, stress, weight, etc., per unit of surface, or of volume, as the case may be; as, the measure of the intensity of a total stress of forty pounds which is distributed uniformly over a surface of four square inches area is ten pounds per square inch.
  • intensity (n.)
    The degree or depth of shade in a picture.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • intensity
    The magnitude of the physiological sensation produced by a sound, which varies directly with the physical intensity of sound but also depends on frequency of sound and waveform.
  • intensity
    The quality of being intense.

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