Intensiveness

in·ten·sive  (n-tnsv)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or characterized by intensity: intensive training. See Usage Note at intense.

2. Grammar Tending to emphasize or intensify: an intensive adverb.

3. Possessing or requiring to a high degree. Often used in combination: research-intensive; labor-intensive.

4. Relating to or being a method especially of land cultivation intended to increase the productivity of a fixed area by means of an increase in capital and labor.

5. Physics Having the same value for any subdivision of a thermodynamic system: intensive pressure.

n. Grammar

A linguistic element, such as the adverb extremely or awfully, that provides force or emphasis. Also called intensifier.

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in·tensive·ly adv.

in·tensive·ness n.

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Noun

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intensiveness - high level or degree; the property of being intense intensity forcefulness, strength, force - physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man" severeness, severity, badness - used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather vehemence, emphasis - intensity or forcefulness of expression; "the vehemence of his denial"; "his emphasis on civil rights" top - the greatest possible intensity; "he screamed at the top of his lungs" ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, vehemence, violence, wildness, fury - the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence" degree, level, grade - a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree"