intensity
- noun
- /ɪnˈtɛn.sɪ.ti/
- Specialized
- Think of light intensity, duration, color and time of day.
- energy intensity
- light intensity
- sound intensity
Because olive oil burns at four times the intensity of fish oil.
- Because olive oil burns at four times the intensity of fish oil.
- Think of light intensity, duration, color and time of day.
- And your body looks at the color of light, the intensity of light, and the angle of light.
- And then any increase in volume or intensity beyond that, pick those moments wisely.
- In this you can change the intensity to like low or high.
- And so this is where frequency and intensity become flipped.
- Dang, like regular three times the intensity there.
Examples
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And your body looks at the color of light, the intensity of light, and the angle of light.
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The beams from the lighthouse grew in intensity, spreading protection for boats at sea.
Fiction book (2000) -
As you can see, the lighting intensity is pretty similar between the two.
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So when they increased the intensity, more electrons came off.
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Finally, this study did not include an examination of the intensity of physical activity.
Academic text (2013) -
The primary outcome measure was the reduction in snoring intensity as reported by the bed partners.
Academic text (2008) -
The wind resumed a few minutes later with a renewed intensity, hardened, cold, bringing snow.
Fiction book (1996) -
Males engaged in more minutes per session of vigorous and moderate-intensity physical activity than females.
Academic text (2013) -
Damping in the classical guitar manifests itself as a reduction in intensity of the higher frequencies.
Academic text (2011) -
The intensity of the music made it difficult to converse with my friends.
Synonyms
How loud a sound is often changed on devices
How much effect a medicine, liquid, or signal has
How much light something gives or how close it looks to white
The maximum distance a wave or vibration moves from its middle
A measure of how strong an electric or magnetic field is at a place
How strong a sound is when people hear it
The amount of light or heat that comes from a surface in one direction
The amount of light you can see coming from a lamp or the sun in one direction
The measured strength of sound, light, or other waves shown in decibels
How strong and which way an electric or magnetic field is at a point
The amount of light a thing gives or reflects
How strong a sound or signal is
The strength of a magnetic field in a given area
How strong radio waves from an object in space are when a radio telescope detects them
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
The amount of light you can see coming from a lamp or the sun in one direction
- Specialized
How strong and which way an electric or magnetic field is at a point
- Specialized
The measured strength of sound, light, or other waves shown in decibels
- Specialized
A unit for measuring how bright a light appears in one direction
- Specialized
An amount equal to half the strongest level of something like light or sound
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word intensity comes from the Latin root intens-, which means 'stretched' and is related to tension and tense. For light, sound, or other energy, intensity is the 'strength' or amount of power, like how tightly the energy is focused or sent.