01 n. A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained; as, the intension of a musical string.
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A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained; as, the intension of a musical string.
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Increase of power or energy of any quality or thing; intenseness; fervency.“Sounds . . . likewise do rise and fall with the intension or remission of the wind.” — Bacon.
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The collective attributes, qualities, or marks that make up a complex general notion; the comprehension, content, or connotation; -- opposed to extension, extent, or sphere.(Logic & Metaph.)“This law is, that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension.” — Sir W. Hamilton.