— intensional , adj. — intensionally , adv.
/in ten"sheuhn/ , n.
1. intensification; increase in degree.
2. intensity; high degree.
3. relative intensity; degree.
4. exertion of the mind; determination.
5. Logic. (of a term) the set of attributes belonging to all and only those things to which the given term is correctly applied; connotation; comprehension. Cf. extension (def. 12).
[ 1595-1605; intension- (s. of intensio ). See INTENSE, -ION ]