different between intension vs intensionally

English

Etymology

From Latin int?nsi? (“straining, effort; intensifying”), from int?nsus (“stretched”), perfect passive participle of intend? (“strain or stretch toward”) .

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?t?n??n/
• Homophone: intention

Noun

intension (plural intensions)

1. intensity or the act of becoming intense .
2. (logic, semantics) Any property or quality connoted by a word, phrase or other symbol, contrasted with actual instances in the real world to which the term applies.

   • This law is, that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension.

3. (dated) A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained.

   the intension of a musical string

Usage notes

Not to be confused with intention.

Translations

Derived terms

• intensional

Related terms

• extension
• comprehension

References

Venetian

Alternative forms

• intenzion

Etymology

Compare Italian intenzione

Noun

intension f (invariable)

1. intention, aim, purpose

English

Etymology

intension +? -ally

Adverb

intensionally (comparative more intensionally, superlative most intensionally)

1. (philosophy) With respect to intension
   • A term is treated either extensionally as a class of objects or intensionally as a set of properties. The ‘intent’ of the term ‘dog’ includes all the properties that are included in the intent of ‘mammal’. The intensional treatment of ‘dogs are mammals’ interprets this sentence as true because the semantic interpretation of the subject is a superset of the interpretation of the predicate. On the extensional treatment of the sentence, however, the sentence is true because the interpretation of the subject (the class of dogs) is a subset of the interpretation of the predicate (the set of mammals).

Antonyms

• extensionally

Related terms

• intensional
• intensionality