1. High level or degree; the property of being intense
   "The intensity of the training program prepared them for the competition";
   - intensiveness
    
2. The amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)
   "he adjusted the intensity of the sound";
   - strength, intensity level
    
3. The magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)
   "the kids played their music at full intensity";
   - volume, loudness
    
4. Chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue
   "The high intensity of the tropical birds' feathers was stunning";
   - saturation, chroma, vividness

Derived forms: intensities

See also: loud, soft

Type of: color property [US], colour property [Brit, Cdn], degree, grade, level, magnitude, sound property

Part of: chromatic color [US], chromatic colour [Brit, Cdn], spectral color [US], spectral colour [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Intensity