Dictionary entries for 'intensity'

Synonyms

in·ten·si·ty (ĭn-tĕńsĭ-tē)

noun: pl., -ties.

Exceptionally great concentration, power, or force.
Physics The amount or degree of strength of electricity, light, heat, or sound per unit area or volume.
1. The strength of a color, especially the degree to which it lacks its complementary color.
2. See saturation

sat·u·ra·tion (săch́ə-rā́shən)

1. The act or process of saturating.
2. The condition of being saturated.
3. The condition of being full to or beyond satisfaction; satiety.
Physics A state of a ferromagnetic substance in which an increase in applied magnetic field strength does not produce an increase in magnetization.
Chemistry The state of a compound or solution that is fully saturated.
Meteorology A condition in which air at a specific temperature contains all the water vapor it can hold; 100 percent relative humidity.
Vividness of hue; degree of difference from a gray of the same lightness or brightness. Also called intensity
Intensive shelling or bombing of a military target to achieve total destruction.
The flooding of a market with all of a commodity that consumers can purchase.