intension

Etymology

From Latin intēnsiō (“straining, effort; intensifying”), from intēnsus (“stretched”), perfect passive participle of intendō (“strain or stretch toward”) .

noun

  1. intensity or the act of becoming intense .
  2. (logic, semantics) Any property or quality connoted by a word, phrase or other symbol, contrasted with actual instances in the real world to which the term applies.
  3. (dated) A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained.
    the intension of a musical string

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