INTENSIONS
Noun
intensions
plural of intension
Source: Wiktionary
INTENSION
In*ten"sion, n. Etym: [L. intensio: cf. F. intension. See Intend, and
cf. Intention.]
1. A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained;
as, the intension of a musical string.
2. Increase of power or energy of any quality or thing; intenseness;
fervency. Jer. Taylor.
Sounds . . . likewise do rise and fall with the intension or
remission of the wind. Bacon.
3. (Logic & Metaph.)
Definition: The collective attributes, qualities, or marks that make up a
complex general notion; the comprehension, content, or connotation; -
- opposed to extension, extent, or sphere.
This law is, that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse
ratio of its extension. Sir W. Hamilton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition