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Definition of: intension
(in·ten′shən) noun
1. The act of straining or stretching, or state of being strained or made tense; tension.
2. Increase of energy or power; intensification.
3. Logic All the implications in a concept or term; connotation: distinguished from extension.
4. Intensity; degree.
5. Intense exertion of the mind or the will. [<L intensio, -onis]
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