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Quality or condition of Energy, Strength, Concentration, Vehemence . . . . Of activity, thought, feeling . . . . In display, approach, arrangement, relationship, association . . . . High or Extreme Degree of Emotion . . . . Depth of Feeling . . . . Magnitude, as of Energy or a Force per unit of area, volume, time, etc.

The intensity of light depends on the total amount of light emitted and on the smallness of the conical solid angle in which it is emitted [consider differences in shape of floodlight and spotlight emission]. Stated simply, it is the amount of light emitted in a given direction. [pg. 32] [Light and Color, by Clarence Rainwater, Prof. of Physics, San Francisco State College, Original Project Editor Herbert S. Zim, Golden Press, NY, Western Publishing Company, Inc., 1971.]


C O N S I D E R:

Intention

Strength

Concentration

Magnitude

Earnest

Depth

Volume

Acute

Severe

Energy

Strength, deep feelings, tension..

Stretched out

Vehemence

Penetration

Degree

High degree

Extreme

Tension

Earnestness


R  E  F  E  R  E  N  C  E  S 
Intensity [ME < L inten(us) stretched ot. ptp. of intendere to INTEND] n., pl. -ties. 1. the quality or condition of being intense. 2. energy, strength, concentration, vehemence, etc., as of activity, thought, or feeling; He went at the job with great intesity. 3. a high or extreme degree, as of cold or heat. 4. a high degree of emotion excitement; depth of feeling. 5. Speech, the correlate of physical energy and the degree of loudness of a speech sound. 6. Physics. magnitude, as of energy or a force per unit of area, volume, time, etc.æ

Intense adj. 1. existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree; intense heat. 2. acute, strong, or vehement, as sensations, feelings, or emotions. 3. of an extreme kind; very great, severe, etc.: an intense gale. 4. having a characteristic quality in a high degree: blindingly intense sunlight. 5. strenuous or earnest: an intense life. 6. having or showing great strength, strong feeling, emotions, or tension, as a person, the face, etc.

[Urdang, Laurence, ed. Random House Dictionary of The English Language. New York: Random House,1968.]




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