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intensity
English
Etymology
intense +? -ity. Cf. also Medieval Latin intensitas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?t?ns?ti/
Noun
intensity (plural intensities)
- The quality of being intense.
- The degree of strength.
- (physics) Time-averaged energy flux (the ratio of average power to the area through which the power "flows"); irradiance.
- (optics) Can mean any of radiant intensity, luminous intensity or irradiance.
- (astronomy) Synonym of radiance.
- (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
intensity From the web:
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bloom
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blu?m/
- Homophone: Bloom
- Rhymes: -u?m
Etymology 1
From Middle English blome, from Old Norse blóm, from Proto-Germanic *bl?mô (“flower”). Doublet of bloom (“spongy mass of metal”); see there for more.
Noun
bloom (countable and uncountable, plural blooms)
- A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
- 1843, William H. Prescott, The History of the Conquest of Mexico
- the rich blooms and enamelled vegetation of the tropics
- 1843, William H. Prescott, The History of the Conquest of Mexico
- (collective) Flowers.
- (uncountable) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.
- (figuratively) A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms.
- every successive mother had transmitted to her child a fainter bloom, a more delicate and briefer beauty.
- Rosy colour; the flush or glow on a person's cheek.
- The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc.
- 2010, Donna Pliner Rodnitzky, Low-Carb Smoothies
- The bloom on blueberries is the dusty powder that protects them from the Sun; it does not rinse off.
- 2010, Donna Pliner Rodnitzky, Low-Carb Smoothies
- Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness.
- The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.
- A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- (mineralogy) A bright-hued variety of some minerals.
- (cooking) A white area of cocoa butter that forms on the surface of chocolate when warmed and cooled.
- (television) An undesirable halo effect that may occur when a very bright region is displayed next to a very dark region of the screen.
Synonyms
- (flower of a plant): blossom, flower
- (opening of flowers): blossom, flower
- (anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness): flush, glow
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English bloom (“a blossom”).
Verb
bloom (third-person singular simple present blooms, present participle blooming, simple past and past participle bloomed)
- (transitive) To cause to blossom; to make flourish.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- Charitable affection bloomed them.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- (transitive) To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)
- (intransitive) Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms.
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of a person, business, etc, to flourish; to be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigour; to show beauty and freshness.
- a. 1788, John Logan, A Tale
- A better country blooms to view, / Beneath a brighter sky.
- a. 1788, John Logan, A Tale
- (cooking) To bring out the flavor of a spice by cooking it in oil.
Synonyms
- (produce blooms): blossom, flower
- (flourish): blossom, flourish, thrive
Derived terms
- bloomer
- late bloomer
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English blome, from Old English bl?ma (“flower; lump of metal”), from Proto-Germanic *bl?mô (“flower”). Cognate with West Frisian blom, Dutch bloem, German Blume, Icelandic blóm, Danish blomme, Gothic ???????????????????? (bl?ma). Related to blow, blade, blead; also a doublet of flower, foil, and belladonna.
Noun
bloom (plural blooms)
- The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process.
- 1957, H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, p. 26:
- These metallic bodies gradually increasing in volume finally conglomerate into a larger mass, the bloom, which is extracted from the furnace with tongs.
- 1957, H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, p. 26:
Related terms
- bloomery
- blooming
Translations
Chinook Jargon
Etymology
Borrowed from English broom.
Noun
bloom
- broom
Derived terms
- mamook bloom
Manx
Etymology
Borrowed from English bloom.
Noun
bloom m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])
- (metallurgy) bloom
Mutation
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