US /ɪnˈtɛnʃən/ UK /ɪnˈtɛnʃən/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    the internal content or connotation of a concept; intensity of effort

    In logic, a term's intension is the set of properties it implies.

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1 noun · the internal content or... connotationmeaningintensitycontent
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Etymology

From Latin intensio ('a stretching, straining'), from intendere ('to stretch out, strain'), from in- ('toward') + tendere ('to stretch').

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