intensity

intensity is a 9-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The state or quality of being intense; intenseness; extreme degree; as, intensity of heat, cold, mental application, passion, etc. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The state or quality of being intense; intenseness; extreme degree; as, intensity of heat, cold, mental application, passion, etc.
2. noun. The amount or degree of energy with which a force operates or a cause acts; effectiveness, as estimated by results produced.
3. noun. The magnitude of a distributed force, as pressure, stress, weight, etc., per unit of surface, or of volume, as the case may be; as, the measure of the intensity of a total stress of forty pounds which is distributed uniformly over a surface of four square inches area is ten pounds per square inch.
4. noun. The degree or depth of shade in a picture.
5. noun. chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue

   Synonyms: chroma, saturation, vividness

6. noun. the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)

   "the kids played their music at full volume"

   Synonyms: loudness, volume

7. noun. high level or degree; the property of being intense

   Synonyms: intensiveness

8. noun. the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)

   "he adjusted the intensity of the sound"

   "they measured the station's signal strength"

   Synonyms: strength

Synonyms

chroma, saturation, vividness, loudness, volume, intensiveness, strength

Common word forms

intensities

Words from these letters

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