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Definition of: protensity
(prō·ten′sə·tē) noun Psychol.
The temporal attribute of a sensation or other mental phenomenon: the psychic analog of duration. [<L protensus, pp. of protendere. See PROTEND.]
—pro·ten′sive adjective
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