intensity

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: in=ten=si=ty
• COUNT in NET: 1 in 1 verses (in OT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

intensity, n. [LL. intensitas: cf. F. intensité. See Intense.].

•  The state or quality of being intense; intenseness; extreme degree; as, intensity of heat, cold, mental application, passion, etc.  [1913 Webster]

  "If you would deepen the intensity of light, you must be content to bring into deeper blackness and more distinct and definite outline the shade that accompanies it."  F. W. Robertson.  [1913 Webster]
•  The amount or degree of energy with which a force operates or a cause acts; effectiveness, as estimated by results produced.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  The degree or depth of color or shade in a picture.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

intensity, n. (pl. -ies)
1 the quality or an instance of being intense.
2 esp. Physics the measurable amount of some quality, e.g. force, brightness, a magnetic field, etc.

THESAURUS

intensity

ASA scale, British candle, Hefner candle, Scheiner scale, Technicolor, abandon, acuteness, ampleness, amplitude, animality, ardency, ardor, atrocity, barbarity, bloodlust, bougie decimale, boundlessness, bright color, brightness, brilliance, brutality, bulk, candle, candle lumen, candle power, candle-foot, candle-hour, candle-meter, color, colorfulness, commitment, committedness, concentration, crescendo, decimal candle, dedication, demonic energy, destructiveness, devotedness, devotion, devoutness, dynamism, earnestness, energy, enormity, enormousness, ergal, expanse, exposure meter, extremity, faith, faithfulness, ferociousness, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fidelity, fierceness, fire, flux, focus, foot-candle, force, forcefulness, formidableness, fullness, furiousness, gaiety, gigantism, gorgeousness, grandeur, grandness, great scope, greatness, harshness, heartiness, heat, heatedness, hugeness, immensity, impassionedness, impetuosity, inclemency, infinity, inhumanity, intentness, international candle, kinetic energy, lamp-hour, largeness, light, light meter, light quantum, loudishness, loudness, loyalty, lumen, lumen meter, lumen-hour, lumeter, luminous flux, luminous intensity, luminous power, lux, magnitude, malignity, mercilessness, might, mightiness, mindlessness, muchness, murderousness, passion, passionateness, photon, pitilessness, plenitude, potency, potential energy, power, prodigiousness, pure color, quantum, resolution, richness, rigor, roughness, saturation, savagery, seriousness, severity, sharpness, sincerity, sonority, sonorousness, spirit, strength, strenuousness, stupendousness, surge, surge of sound, swell, swelling, terrorism, tremendousness, ungentleness, unit of flux, unit of light, vandalism, vastness, vehemence, venom, viciousness, vigor, violence, virulence, vitality, vividness, volume, warmth, zeal

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intensity

Degree

N degree, grade, extent, measure, amount, ratio, stint, standard, height, pitch, reach, amplitude, range, scope, caliber, gradation, shade, tenor, compass, sphere, station, rank, standing, rate, way, sort, point, mark, stage, intensity, strength, comparative, gradual, shading off, within the bounds, by degrees, gradually, inasmuch, pro tanto, however, howsoever, step by step, bit by bit, little by little, inch by inch, drop by drop, a little at a time, by inches, by slow degrees, by degrees, by little and little, in some degree, in some measure, to some extent, di grado in grado.

Greatness

N greatness, magnitude, size, multitude, immensity, enormity, infinity, might, strength, intensity, fullness, importance, great quantity, quantity, deal, power, sight, pot, volume, world, mass, heap, stock, peck, bushel, load, cargo, cartload, wagonload, shipload, flood, spring tide, abundance, principal part, chief part, main part, greater part, major part, best part, essential part, bulk, mass, great, greater, large, considerable, fair, above par, big, huge, Herculean, cyclopean, ample, abundant, full, intense, strong, sound, passing, heavy, plenary, deep, high, signal, at its height, in the zenith, world-wide, widespread, far-famed, extensive, wholesale, many, goodly, noble, precious, mighty, sad, grave, heavy, serious, far gone, arrant, downright, utter, uttermost, crass, gross, arch, profound, intense, consummate, rank, uninitiated, red-hot, desperate, glaring, flagrant, stark staring, thorough-paced, thoroughgoing, roaring, thumping, extraordinary, important, unsurpassed, complete, august, grand, dignified, sublime, majestic, vast, immense, enormous, extreme, inordinate, excessive, extravagant, exorbitant, outrageous, preposterous, unconscionable, swinging, monstrous, overgrown, towering, stupendous, prodigious, astonishing, incredible, marvelous, unlimited, unapproachable, unutterable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, inexpressible, beyond expression, fabulous, undiminished, unabated, unreduced, unrestricted, absolute, positive, stark, decided, unequivocal, essential, perfect, finished, remarkable, of mark, marked, pointed, veriest, noteworthy, renowned, truly, decidedly, unequivocally, purely, absolutely, seriously, essentially, fundamentally, radically, downright, in all conscience, for the most part, in the main, entirely, abundantly, widely, far and wide, greatly, much, muckle, well, indeed, very, very much, a deal, no end of, most, not a little, pretty, pretty well, enough, in a great measure, richly, to a large extent, to a great extent, to a gigantic extent, on a large scale, so, never so, ever so, ever so dole, scrap, shred, tag, splinter, rag, much, by wholesale, mighty, powerfully, with a witness, ultra, in the extreme, extremely, exceedingly, intensely, exquisitely, acutely, indefinitely, immeasurably, beyond compare, beyond comparison, beyond measure, beyond all bounds, incalculably, infinitely, preeminently, superlatively, immoderately, monstrously, preposterously, inordinately, exorbitantly, excessively, enormously, out of all proportion, with a vengeance, particularly, remarkably, singularly, curiously, uncommonly, unusually, peculiarly, notably, signally, strikingly, pointedly, mainly, chiefly, famously, egregiously, prominently, glaringly, emphatically, kat exochin, strangely, wonderfully, amazingly, surprisingly, astonishingly, incredibly, marvelously, awfully, stupendously, peculiarly, furiously, severely, desperately, tremendously, extravagantly, confoundedly, deucedly, devilishly, with a vengeance, a outrance, a toute outrance, painfully, sadly, grossly, sorely, bitterly, piteously, grievously, miserably, cruelly, woefully, lamentably, shockingly, frightfully, dreadfully, fearfully, terribly, horribly, a maximis ad minima, greatness knows itself, mightiest powers by deepest calms are fed, minimum decet libere cui multum licet, some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

Physical Energy

N energy, physical energy, force, power, keenness, intensity, vigor, strength, elasticity, go, high pressure, fire, rush, acrimony, acritude, causiticity, virulence, poignancy, harshness, severity, edge, point, pungency, cantharides, seasoning, activity, agitation, effervescence, ferment, fermentation, ebullition, splutter, perturbation, stir, bustle, voluntary energy, quicksilver, resolution, exertion, excitation, strong, energetic, forcible, active, intense, deep-dyed, severe, keen, vivid, sharp, acute, incisive, trenchant, brisk, rousing, irritation, poignant, virulent, caustic, corrosive, mordant, harsh, stringent, double-edged, double-shotted, double- distilled, drastic, escharotic, racy, potent, radioactive, strongly, fortiter in re, with telling effect, the steam is up, vires acquirit eundo, the race by vigor not by vaunts is won.