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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

intensio

: cf. F.

intension

. See

, and cf.

A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained;

as, the

intension

of a musical string

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.

(Logic & Metaph.)

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.

Noun.

[L. intensio.] A straining, stretching or bending; the state of being strained; as the intension of a musical string.

Increase of power or energy of any quality; opposed to remission.