- intensification; increase in degree.
- intensity; high degree.
- relative intensity; degree.
- exertion of the mind; determination.
- (of a term) the set of attributes belonging to all and only those things to which the given term is correctly applied; connotation; comprehension.
- logic
- the set of characteristics or properties by which the referent or referents of a given word are determined: thus, the intension of marsupial is the set containing the characteristics suckling its young and having a pouch
- Compare subjective intension
- a rare word for intensity, determination
- a rare word for intensification
