different between intensity vs aliveness

English

Etymology

intense +? -ity. Cf. also Medieval Latin intensitas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?t?ns?ti/

Noun

intensity (plural intensities)

1. The quality of being intense.
2. The degree of strength.
3. (physics) Time-averaged energy flux (the ratio of average power to the area through which the power "flows"); irradiance.
4. (optics) Can mean any of radiant intensity, luminous intensity or irradiance.
5. (astronomy) Synonym of radiance.
6. (geology) The severity of an earthquake in terms of its effects on the earth's surface, and buildings. The value depends on the distance from the epicentre, and is not to be confused with the magnitude.

Derived terms

• light intensity
• luminous intensity

Related terms

• intense

Translations

English

Etymology

alive +? -ness

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??la?vn?s/

Noun

aliveness (usually uncountable, plural alivenesses)

1. The state of being alive; exuberance, intensity.
   • 1920, Jack London, Hearts of Three, New York: Macmillan, Chapter 18, p. 231, [1]

     […] her eyes betrayed a complicated totality of paradoxical alivenesses.

   • 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, "Beacon Hill," [2]

     Sea-water wet their feet, wind tossed their hair, excitement quivered in every fibre of their aliveness.

   the aliveness of the colours in a painting

Anagrams

• leaviness, vaselines