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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Intension \In*ten"sion\, n. [L. intensio: cf F. intension. See {Intend}, and cf {Intention}.] 1. A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained; as the intension of a musical string. 2. Increase of power or energy of any quality or thing intenseness; fervency. --Jer. Taylor. Sounds . . . likewise do rise and fall with the intension or remission of the wind. --Bacon. 3. (Logic & Metaph.) The collective attributes, qualities, or marks that make up a complex general notion; the comprehension, content, or connotation; -- opposed to {extension}, {extent}, or {sphere}. This law is that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension. --Sir W. Hamilton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: intension n : what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression [syn: {sense}, {connotation}]
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