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Definition of "intension" [in•ten•sion]

  • The state or quality of being intense; intensity. (noun)
  • The act of becoming intense or more intense; intensification. (noun)
  • Logic The sum of the attributes contained in a term. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "intension" in a sentence
  • "The content of an expression in a context determines a corresponding intension, which is a function from possible worlds to extensions."
  • "For in the ordinary and natural form of proposition the subject is used in extension, and the predicate in intension, that is to say, when we use a subject, we are thinking of certain objects, whereas when we use a predicate, we indicate the possession of certain attributes."
  • "One which coincides in extension without coinciding in intension, that is, which applies to the same things without expressing the whole meaning, of the subject, is what is known as a Proprium or Peculiar Property."