INTENSIFICATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intensification mean? 

• INTENSIFICATION (noun)
  The noun INTENSIFICATION has 2 senses:

1. action that makes something stronger or more extreme

2. the act of increasing the contrast of (a photographic film)

  Familiarity information: INTENSIFICATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTENSIFICATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Action that makes something stronger or more extreme

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("intensification" is a kind of...):

increase; step-up (the act of increasing something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intensification"):

roughness (harsh or severe speech or behavior)

aggravation; exacerbation (action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse)

focalisation; focalization; focusing (the act of bringing into focus)

Derivation:

intensify (become more intense)

intensify (make more intense, stronger, or more marked)

intensify (increase in extent or intensity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of increasing the contrast of (a photographic film)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("intensification" is a kind of...):

increase; step-up (the act of increasing something)

Domain category:

photography; picture taking (the act of taking and printing photographs)

Derivation:

intensify (make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark)

 Context examples 

The five phases include: induction, early intensification, central nervous system (CNS) prophylaxis and interim maintenance, late intensification and prolonged maintenance.

(Larson Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

Intensification therapy is used to kill any cancer cells that may be left in the body.

(Intensification therapy, NCI Dictionary)

Also called intensification therapy and postremission therapy.

(Consolidation therapy, NCI Dictionary)

This is consistent with the agricultural intensification process that is known to have occurred, due to the cultivation of cereals, particularly barley.

(Analysis of the Palaeolithic diet finds that, in the prehistoric age, for thousands of years there were no social divisions in food consumption, University of Granada)