The magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)

Usage examples of intensity.

I found that with each mixture there was a time of exposure which would produce the deepest blue, that with over-exposure the blue gradually turned gray, and that if a curve should be plotted, the abscissas of which should represent the time of exposure, and the ordinates of which should represent the intensity of the blue the curves drawn would have approximately an elliptical form, so that if one knew the exact time of exposure which would give the best result with any mixture, one might deviate two or three minutes either way from that time without producing a noticeable result.

The intensity of the response to a given beat reflects the current dominance of the beat period whose corresponding neurons are activated by that beat.

When in a meeting with Lord Carmarthen, Adams summoned all his old intensity to warn that the attitude of the British, if continued, would inevitably strengthen commercial ties between the United States and France, it had no effect whatever.

Can it be wondered at that South Africa has been in a ferment ever since, and that the British Africander has yearned with an intensity of feeling unknown in England for the hour of revenge?

The anchorpeople leaned into the cameras with the usual end-of-the-world intensity, but had nothing new to say.

How could she do anything but feel with his intensity poured on her, her mouth?

Sir Robert arrived at Appleton a day late, forced to shelter at Denholm overnight because of the intensity of the storm.

At forty-nine years of age, General Kenneth Draper-he preferred people to address him as general and not as undersecretary-had a pink-and-white face, thick backswept silver hair, thin lips curving down at the ends, and a pair of light gray eyes, which stared back at the defense secretary with matching intensity.

The night before Badawi had suspected something was up because of the intensity of the conversation between Sarn and Giff.

Tom was the oldest, a dark-haired banty rooster with a look of sleepy indifference that masked his intensity.

In frustration, Odo set the tricorder to register any energy phenomenon, and the small display screen suddenly turned bright red as all intensity bars filled their scales.

Each of the 4 beats in a bar has an implicit intensity: beat 1 is the strongest, beat 3 is the next strongest and beats 2 and 4 are the weakest and similar to each other.

However, given that the frequency of regular beats is much lower than the frequency that neurons can fire at, it may not be absolutely necessary for neurons representing beats to fire at the exact millisecond the beat occurs: it may, for example, be sufficient to represent a beat by a short burst of firings, in which case the number of firings in the burst represents the perceived intensity of the beat.

Brad noted that Rimov was staring at the intensity slide visible on the breechblock of his sheathed weapon.

With great intensity he watched the three or four older bulls that commanded the cows, and especially he kept his eye on Rufous.