Intensification
[ɪn,tensɪfɪ'keɪʃn] or [ɪn,tɛnsəfə'keʃən]
Definition
(noun.) action that makes something stronger or more extreme.
(noun.) the act of increasing the contrast of (a photographic film).
Checker: Sandra--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense.
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Examples
- Everything he has done has been aimed at the conservation of energy, the contraction of space, the intensification of culture. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- An intensification of pride went over his nerves, because he felt, in some way she was compelled by him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Siemens describes principle of Self Intensification of Cold (now used in ice and liquid air machines). Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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