intensity

1. 1.

   the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)

   “he adjusted the intensity of the sound”

   “they measured the station's signal strength”

   Synonymsstrengthintensity level

   Broadermagnitude

   Narrowerradio brightnessthreshold levelfield strengthcandlepoweracoustic powerhalf-intensity
2. 2.

   high level or degree; the property of being intense

   Synonymsintensiveness

   Broaderdegree

   Narrowerforcebadnessvehemencetopferocity
3. 3.

   the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)

   “the kids played their music at full volume”

   Synonymsvolumeloudness

   Broadersound property

   Narrowercrescendo
4. 4.

   chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue

   Synonymssaturationchromavividness

   Broadercolor property

Other forms of intensity

plural

intensities·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about intensity

What does intensity mean?

intensity means "the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in intensity?

intensity has 4 syllables: in-ten-si-ty. The stress falls on "ten". In IPA it is /ɪnˈtɛnsəti/.

What is another word for intensity?

Close synonyms include strength, intensity level, intensiveness, volume, loudness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is intensity a common word?

intensity is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.