Word Finder - intensity

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The quality of being intense.

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The degree of strength.

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Time-averaged energy flux (the ratio of average power to the area through which the power "flows"); irradiance.

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Can mean any of radiant intensity, luminous intensity or irradiance.

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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.

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The quality of being radiant, shining, bright or splendid.

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The flux of radiation emitted per unit solid angle in a given direction by a unit area of a source.

It was difficult to see as the intensity of the falling snow was increasing by the hour.

Elisabeth must have noticed his intensity of thought.

From the very beginning there had been an intensity, a seriousness to the falling flakes that spoke of accumulations far in excess of anything the Deans had seen to date.

She wasn't expecting the intensity of sensations in the human world.

His gaze was trained on her with an intensity that made her body warm from the inside out.

Elisabeth noticed the intensity on his face.

He wanted her, and nothing had ever made her happier in her life than when she saw the depth of his emotion in his eyes and lived through the consuming intensity with which he made love to her.

The number of thunderstorm days is probably a less exact measure of the relative intensity of thunderstorms than statistics as to the number of persons killed annually by lightning per million of the population.

She could feel his body heat and felt pinned beneath the intensity of his gaze.

Under the intensity of his glare, nothing was humorous.

The intensity of the secondary light is no longer to be arrived at by addition of individual intensities, but must be calculated with consideration of the particular phases involved.

The calming intensity around him tugged at her, made her want to curl up in his arms.

She eyed him and then looked to Damian, who stared at her with an intensity she'd last seen aimed at Claire.

Carmen shook with the intensity of the sobs.

The intensity of her emotion faded as she crested the hill, but it didn't completely disappear.

The intensity in her gaze faltered and she looked away again.

He mimicked her pose, his intensity and nearness making her breathing irregular.

Alex was watching her with an intensity that indicated deep emotion.

He and his friend fought hard, with the intensity of men who fought for a purpose other than exercise.

He pulled her into his body, and the intensity of the strange hunger within her expanded.

On account of the smallness of the particles, the forces acting throughout the volume of any individual particle are all of the same intensity and direction, and may be considered as a whole.

He kissed her hard and deep, his intensity making her hunger for him flare even as she tried to suppress it.

Darian remained seated, watching her with intensity that made her feel edgy.

His anger surprised her with its intensity, and she judged from Ully's reaction that seeing the lord and master pissed was not something the good-natured mad scientist wanted anything to do with.

Kiera drew a breath as the intensity of his presence left.

Taran's intensity did not waver as he held her gaze.

She gasped at the intensity that turned her lower belly into a furnace and swept through her, making her achingly aware of his scent, the heat and smoothness of his skin, the size of his body and the hot mouth pressed against her neck.

Images that circulate so quickly and shine with such intensity that they begin to alter the ratio of the human sensorium.

He rose and approached her, followed by the intensity of a storm cloud.

In the intensity of their struggle with the Reformation they subjected education to a censorship which, in order to exclude all risk of heresy, stifled thought and reduced knowledge to the repetition of safe formulas.

And yet amidst this hideous visual cacophony, occasional insights can be observed; and these can be of an almost revelatory intensity.

This intensity, based on the commander's stated intent, will be maintained throughout the crisis.

Where the waves have opposite amplitudes they destructively interfere to give low intensity.

I suspect that many beginning to take up microscopy might, understandably, use the substage iris control to reduce light intensity.

Measurements include directional luminous intensity, illuminance of lamps and meters, luminance of sources and meters and total luminous flux.

An unprecedented adrenaline rush of close quarters combat seamlessly melded with the spine-tingling, shocking intensity of the paranormal unknown.

These maps are assessed for significantly modulated voxels using a Gaussian Mixture Model for the distribution of intensity values.

The correct intensity for the pixel is controlled by tilting each mirror on and off (pulse-width modulation ).

He uses a wide intensity of colors, alternating between saturated hues and muted, almost monochromatic effects.

Some of the joys of ascorbic acid are that it produces a range of color from delicate pastels to vivid colors of striking intensity.

However, dust absorption can reduce the Halpha intensity, particularly near or on the galactic plane.

These zero percentage polarization values then result in zero polarized intensity values.

Many new local and catchment rainfall records were established, particularly for high intensity events.

The development of intensity as a tool thus predates instrumental seismology (although really not by very much ).

All will depend upon the intensity of review; and the factors which presently point toward ` judicial self-restraint ' continue to remain valid.

The Spectrum Any sound can be constructed by adding up enough sine waves of differing intensity levels, frequencies and starting times.

An amber lens distributes the high intensity strobe light in a pattern which calls immediate attention to alarms.

For Blakemore, who has endured suffering and pressure of unprecedented intensity since the 1980s, the task looks almost suicidal.

In any case, this kind of adaptation to insult may be to build highly systematized intellectual systems Of defense, promoted with intensity.

Owing to the variable illumination of the selenium thus produced, the resistance of the latter, and therefore the intensity of the current sent through the line to the receiving station by the battery, will be altered accordingly.