different between rigour vs intensity
rigour
English
Alternative forms
- rigor (US)
Etymology
From Middle English rigour, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French rigor, from Latin rigor (“stiffness, rigidity, rigor, cold, harshness”), from rigere (“to be rigid”). Compare French rigueur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?????(?)/
- Rhymes: -???(?)
- Homophones: rigor, rigger
Noun
rigour (countable and uncountable, plural rigours)
- Severity or strictness.
- 1611, King James Version, Exodus 1:13–14:
- And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour: And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
- 1611, King James Version, Exodus 1:13–14:
- Harshness, as of climate.
- A trembling or shivering response.
- Character of being unyielding or inflexible.
- Shrewd questioning.
- Higher level of difficulty. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (Britain) Misspelling of rigor (“rigor mortis”).
Related terms
- rigid
- rigorous
- rigorousness
Translations
Further reading
- rigour in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- rigour in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
rigour From the web:
- what rigour means
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- what is rigour in research
- what is rigour in qualitative research
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- what is rigour in quantitative research
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- what causes rigours
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:
- what intensity means
- what intensity exercise should i do
- what intensity should warm-up activities be
- what intensity is yoga
- what intensity is walking
- what intensity is running
- what intensity level is walking
- what intensity is jogging
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