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intensional 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. used of the set of attributes that distinguish the referents of a given word
  2. (intension) what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression
  3. (Intension) In linguistics, logic, philosophy, and other fields, an intension is any property or quality connoted by a word, phrase or other symbol. In the case of a word, it is often implied by the word's definition. ...
  4. (intensionally) With respect to intension
  5. (The intension) The collection of properties that characterize the phenomena in the extension of the concept
  6. (Intension) the degree of presence of color in the stone. Position on a scale from colorless to bright intension colors.
  7. (intension) an abstract description of something, as distinguished from the extension, which is the thing described. For example, ``John wants to own the fastest car in town'' is an intensional description of what John wants. ...
  8. Having, or presupposing, a use of terms that relates not to the extension (that is, the individual things that actually happen to fall under these terms in this world) but determines what could or could not fall under the term (in for example any possible world). E.g. ...