[ UK /ɪntˈɛnsɪti/ ]
[ US /ɪnˈtɛnsəti, ɪnˈtɛnsɪti/ ]
NOUN
  1. the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)
    the kids played their music at full volume
  2. 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
  3. high level or degree; the property of being intense
  4. chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue
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How To Use intensity In A Sentence

  • The sun beat down with fierce intensity.
  • There has been no trend in tropical cyclone intensity or frequency worldwide. Times, Sunday Times
  • Price as tested is $44,600, including $8,525 in options Deep Sea Blue pearlescent paint, eight-speed Audi Tiptronic transmission, high-intensity discharge headlamps, power liftgate and onboard navigation with backup camera and an $875 destination charge. 2011 Audi Q5 2.0 T Quattro
  • These prose pieces ultimately acquire a kind of poetic intensity of effect in their bleak circumscription of the character's experience, although they avoid self-consciously "poetic" devices: Narrative Strategies
  • But the intensity of the performances light the blue touchpaper. The Sun
  • The delicate cycle, which uses a slower and gentler spin intensity, is for laundering lingerie, stockings and other garments that are normally handwashed.
  • Come vecchio sartor fa nella cruna," it is the intensity of the gaze that is present with us, not the old tailor and his needle. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864
  • Deuterium is a relatively insensitive nucleus because it has a low gyromagnetic ratio and the spectral intensity is generally spread over an extremely wide frequency range due to the quadrupole interaction.
  • I was studying a phenomenon known since 1908 as the phototaxy of chloroplasts: the property of some algae living at the surface of ponds to orient their large unique chloroplast according to the intensity of light; if the light was too intense, the chloroplast turned inside the tubular cell to present its edge. Luc Montagnier - Autobiography
  • I didn't realize the intensity of people's feelings on this issue.
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