Intension : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Intension	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
intension n what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression Synonym(s): intension, connotation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intension \Inten"sion\, n. [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.) 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.