intensity

Academic Word List, sublist 8.

About 29.16 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The quality of being intense.
2. noun The degree of strength.
3. noun Time-averaged energy flux (the ratio of average power to the area through which the power "flows"); irradiance.
4. noun Any of radiant intensity, luminous intensity or irradiance.
5. noun Synonym of radiance.
6. noun 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.

Similar words

intensiveness strength vividness chroma saturation loudness volume intensive vigour intensify

Often followed by

of and is in at that to as with

Word family

intense intensely intenseness intensification intensified intensifies intensify intensifying intension intensities