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- Dictionaryintension/ɪnˈtɛnʃ(ə)n/
noun
- 1. the internal content of a concept.
- 2. resolution or determination. archaic
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Intension sounds like "intention," and it's just one letter off, but it means something else. It's a term used in logic and linguistics to refer to the concept that a word evokes.
Intension definition: intensification; increase in degree.. See examples of INTENSION used in a sentence.
In any of several fields of study that treat the use of signs—for example, in linguistics, logic, mathematics, semantics, semiotics, and philosophy of language —an intension is any property or quality connoted by a word, phrase, or another symbol. [1]
noun. in· ten· sion in-ˈten (t)-shən. 1. : intensity. 2. : connotation sense 3. intensional. in-ˈten (t)-shə-nᵊl. -ˈtench-nəl. adjective. intensionality. in-ˌten (t)-shə-ˈna-lə-tē. noun. intensionally. in-ˈten (t)-shə-nᵊl-ē. -ˈtench-nə-lē. adverb. Word History. First Known Use. 1604, in the meaning defined at sense 1. Time Traveler.
intension and extension, in logic, correlative words that indicate the reference of a term or concept: “intension” indicates the internal content of a term or concept that constitutes its formal definition; and “extension” indicates its range of applicability by naming the particular objects that it denotes.
in·ten·sion. (ĭn-tĕn′shən) n. 1. The state or quality of being intense; intensity. 2. The act of becoming intense or more intense; intensification. 3. Logic The sum of the attributes contained in a term.
the set of characteristics or properties by which the referent or referents of a given word are determined: thus, the intension of marsupial is the set containing the characteristics suckling its young and having a pouch. Compare extension (sense 11a)
Noun. Singular: intension. Plural: intensions. Origin of Intension. From Latin intēnsiō (“straining, effort; intensifying”), from intēnsus (“stretched”), perfect passive participle of intendō (“strain or stretch toward”) . From Wiktionary.
Jun 2, 2024 · intension (plural intensions) intensity or the act of becoming intense. [1] ( 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.
There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun intension. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
