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extensity

[ik-sten-si-tee] / ɪkˈstɛn sɪ ti /






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He is well aware of the results of "the breach between quality and quantity," between true duration and pure extensity.

From Bergson and His Philosophy by John Alexander Gunn

This catholic spirit of friendliness is delightful and attractive in many ways, but it has its drawbacks; it is not possible perhaps to have both extensity and intensity of emotion. 

From The Vagabond in Literature by Arthur Rickett

What is lacking in extensity of associative reproduction must be added in intensity.

From The Psychology of Beauty by Ethel Dench Puffer Howes

Mere increase of pressure implies increase of intensity of sensation; to increase the extensity the area, so to speak, of the exciting stimulus must be increased.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various

The Attributes of Sensation.—Sensations differ from each other in at least four respects; namely, quality, intensity, extensity, and duration.

From The Mind and Its Education by George Herbert Betts


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