Associations to the word «Intensional»

Wiktionary

INTENSIONAL, adjective. Of or pertaining to intension.
INTENSIONAL DEFINITION, noun. (semantics) A definition that gives the meaning of a term by specifying all the properties of the things to which the term applies.
INTENSIONAL LOGIC, noun. (logic) A formal deductive system able to represent the distinction between intension and extension of a term.

Dictionary definition

INTENSIONAL, adjective. Used of the set of attributes that distinguish the referents of a given word.

Wise words

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.
Amy Tan