intense adj

1 in an extreme degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense" [ant: mild]

2 extremely sharp or intense; "acute pain"; "felt acute annoyance"; "intense itching and burning" [syn: acute]

3 (of color) having the highest saturation; "vivid green"; "intense blue" [syn: vivid]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛns

Etymology

From intense.

Adjective

1. Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought.
2. Extreme in degree; excessive; immoderate; as: (a) Ardent; fervent; as, intense heat. (b) Keen; biting; as, intense cold. (c) Vehement; earnest; exceedingly strong; as, intense passion or hate. (d) Very severe; violent; as, intense pain or anguish. (e) Deep; strong; brilliant; as, intense color or light.

Translations

• Chinese: 剧烈
• Finnish: intensiivinen, äärimmäinen
• French: intense
• Ido: intensa
• Italian: intenso (1,2)
• Romanian: intens

French

Etymology

From intensus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

intense

1. intense

Italian

Adjective

intense p

1. feminine of intenso

Intensity is a widely-used term, which can refer to:

In colloquial use:

• Strength
• Amplitude
• Level
• Magnitude

In physics:

• Intensity (physics), power per unit area (W/m2)
• Field strength of electric, magnetic, or electromagnetic fields (V/m, T, etc.)

In optics:

• Radiant intensity, power per unit solid angle (W/sr)
• Luminous intensity, luminous flux per unit solid angle (lm/sr or cd)
• Irradiance, power per unit area (W/m2)

In astronomy:

• Radiance, power per unit solid angle per unit projected source area (W·sr-1·m-2)

In seismology:

• Mercalli intensity scale, a measure of earthquake impact
• Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity, a measure of earthquake impact
• Peak ground acceleration, a measure of earthquake acceleration (g or m/s2)

Other uses:

• In video luminous emittance, the luminous flux per unit area (lm/m2 or lux)
• Energy intensity, an economic measure of energy consumed per unit of GDP (J/$, etc.)
• Carbon intensity, any of several measures of release of carbon into the environment
• Exercise intensity, a measure of how much work is done during exercise (% of max heart rate)
• Intensity (novel), a novel by Dean Koontz
  • Intensity (TV movie), a 1997 made for TV movie based on the novel

See also

• Sound intensity
• Brightness

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