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Noun intensity has 4 senses
- intensity, strength, intensity level - 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"
--1 is a kind of magnitude
--1 has particulars:
- intensity, intensiveness - high level or degree; the property of being intense
--2 is a kind of degree, grade, level
--2 has particulars: | force, forcefulness, strength; badness, severity; vehemence, emphasis; top; ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness |
- volume, loudness, intensity - the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction); "the kids played their music at full volume"
--3 is a kind of sound property
--3 has particulars: crescendo; forte, fortissimo
- saturation, chroma, intensity, vividness - chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vividness of hue
--4 is a kind of color property
--4 is a substance of
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