Intensity

{{wiktionary|intensity}} '''Intensity''' may refer to:

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==In colloquial use== *Strength (disambiguation) *Amplitude *Level (disambiguation) *Magnitude (disambiguation)

==In physical sciences==

===Physics=== *Intensity (physics), power per unit area (W/m²) *Field strength of electric, magnetic, or electromagnetic fields (V/m, T, etc.) *Intensity (heat transfer), radiant heat flux per unit area per unit solid angle (W·m⁻²·sr⁻¹) *Electric current, whose value is sometimes called ''current intensity'' in older books

===Optics=== *Radiant intensity, power per unit solid angle (W/sr) *Luminous intensity, luminous flux per unit solid angle (lm/sr or cd) *Irradiance, power per unit area (W/m²)

===Astronomy=== *Radiance, power per unit solid angle per unit projected source area (W·sr⁻¹·m⁻²)

===Seismology=== *Mercalli intensity scale, a measure of earthquake impact *Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale, a measure of earthquake impact *Peak ground acceleration, a measure of earthquake acceleration (g or m/s²)

===Acoustics=== *Sound intensity, sound power per unit area

==Other uses== *Value intensity in philosophy and ethics *In video luminous emittance, the luminous flux per unit area (lm/m² or lux) *Energy intensity, an economic measure of energy consumed per unit of GDP (J/$, etc.) *Carbon intensity, any of several measures of release of carbon into the environment *Floor area ratio, the ratio of the total floor area of buildings on a certain location to the size of the land of that location, or the zoning limit imposed on such a ratio *Intensity (measure theory), the average value a measure assigns to an interval of length one *Exercise intensity, a measure of how much work is done during exercise (% of max heart rate) *''Intensity'' (novel), a 1995 novel by Dean Koontz **''Intensity'' (film), a 1997 made-for-TV movie based on the novel *''Intensity'' (Charles Earland album), 1972 *''Intensity'' (Art Pepper album), 1960 *''Intensity'' (John Klemmer album), 1973 *''Intensity!'', a 1999 album by The Bambi Molesters *''Intensity'' (video game), a 1988 video game. *"Intensity", a song by Linda Perhacs from the album ''The Soul of All Natural Things''

==See also== *Brightness

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