intensity

Plural

intensities

1. 1.The quality of being intense.

2. 2.The degree of strength.

   • Fagus sylvatica (European beech) and Acer saccharum (sugar maple, from North America) are very tolerant of deep shade, while Betula spp. (birches) and Populus spp. (poplars) grow best under high light intensities.
   • The painting’s dislocated, unformed features are the very opposite of the hard, painted dolls of the other portrait, and, where they are dead and ready to topple, this unknown man’s eyes are full of intensity and life.

3. 3.Time-averaged energy flux (the ratio of average power to the area through which the power "flows"); irradiance.

4. 4.Any of radiant intensity, luminous intensity or irradiance.

Overall

Uncommon· #3805

By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Rare

General reading & writing

Uncommon

Academic

Uncommon

Literature

Rare

Synonyms

• strength

Word family

• intense