The state or quality of being intense; intenseness; extreme degree; as, intensity of heat, cold, mental application, passion, etc.
The amount or degree of energy with which a force operates or a cause acts; effectiveness, as estimated by results produced.
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.
The degree or depth of color or shade in a picture.
Stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified.
Characterized by persistence; intent; unremitted; assiduous; intense.
Serving to give force or emphasis; as, an intensive verb or preposition.
Designating, or pertaining to, any system of farming or horticulture, usually practiced on small pieces of land, in which the soil is thoroughly worked and fertilized so as to get as much return as possible; - opposed to extensive.
That which intensifies or emphasizes; an intensive verb or word.
