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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