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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)

  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

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earnestness

English

Etymology

earnest +? -ness

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /??n?stn?s/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???n?stn?s/
  • Hyphenation: ear?nest?ness

Noun

earnestness (countable and uncountable, plural earnestnesses)

  1. The quality of being earnest; sincerity; seriousness.
    • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]
      She’s joined, on the boys’ side, by Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), a baker’s son whose earnestness masks a gift for strategy that Katniss lacks.

Translations

Anagrams

  • easternness

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