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intensity

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The state or quality of being intense; intenseness; extreme degree; as, intensity of heat, cold, mental application, passion, etc.

The amount or degree of energy with which a force operates or a cause acts; effectiveness, as estimated by results produced.

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.

The degree or depth of shade in a picture.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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the kids played their music at full volume Source: Internet

he adjusted the intensity of the sound Source: Internet

they measured the station's signal strength Source: Internet

A 7.0 Mw shock (intensity VI (Strong)) on the South Island was followed nine hours later by a 6.4 Mw event (intensity VII (Very strong)) on the North Island. Source: Internet

A British study into hair color and the intensity of attraction found that 62 percent of the men participating in the study associated brown-haired women with stability and competence. Source: Internet

"According to eyewitnesses, a fire was seen on board the plane which grew in intensity," the organization added in an initial statement Wednesday. Source: Internet

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