/ Dictionary / Index I intensity: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: in•ten•si•ty Pronunciation: (in-ten'si-tē), [key] — pl. -ties. the quality or condition of being intense. great energy, strength, concentration, vehemence, etc., as of activity, thought, or feeling: He went at the job with great intensity. a high or extreme degree, as of cold or heat. the degree or extent to which something is intense. a high degree of emotional excitement; depth of feeling: The poem lacked intensity and left me unmoved. the strength or sharpness of a color due esp. to its degree of freedom from admixture with its complementary color. magnitude, as of energy or a force per unit of area, volume, time, etc. the correlate of physical energy and the degree of loudness of a speech sound. the relative carrying power of vocal utterance. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: intensity (Thesaurus) intensitometer intensive Related Content Daily Word Quiz: spectral Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language