Current theme: Creative Arts Week in association with Artis
intensity
- 1) noun, the state or quality of being intense
- 2) noun, extreme force, degree, or amount
- 3) noun, physics a) a measure of field strength or of the energy transmitted by radiation b) (of sound in a specified direction) the average rate of flow of sound energy, usually in watts, for one period through unit area at right angles to the specified direction. Symbol: I
- 4) noun, Also called: earthquake intensity geology a measure of the size of an earthquake based on observation of the effects of the shock at the earth's surface. Specified on the Mercalli scale. See Mercalli scale, Richter scale
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
Tweetymologies
How people on twitter are using the word intensity
No video for this word, yet.
We're a video dictionary, but we're new and there are many words in the English language.
We're uploading new video definitions of words daily but we need your help. Does this word have a special meaning to you? If so we'd love to see you define it through video.
Popular videos
Related words
Synonyms
passion, strength, emotion, strength, earnest, force, power, extremity, fierce, fervour, force, power, fire, energy, depth, concentration, excess, vigour, potency, extremity, fanaticism, ardour, keen, fierce, fervency, intense