intension
n. செறிவுநிலை, நெருக்கம், மனத்தின் தீவிர முயற்சி, தன்முனைப்பாற்றல், தீவிர விருப்பாற்றல்.
In*ten"sion, n. Etym: [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.) Defn: 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.