Intensity vs. Love

The quality of being intense.

The degree of strength.

(physics) Time-averaged energy flux (the ratio of average power to the area through which the power "flows"); irradiance.

(optics) Can mean any of radiant intensity, luminous intensity or irradiance.

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(geology) The severity of an earthquake in terms of its effects on the earth's surface, and buildings. The value depends on the distance from the epicentre, and is not to be confused with the magnitude.

The state or quality of being intense; intenseness; extreme degree; as, intensity of heat, cold, mental application, passion, etc.

Example: ‘If you would deepen the intensity of light, you must be content to bring into deeper blackness and more distinct and definite outline the shade that accompanies it.’;

The amount or degree of energy with which a force operates or a cause acts; effectiveness, as estimated by results produced.

The magnitude of a distributed force, as pressure, stress, weight, etc., per unit of surface, or of volume, as the case may be; as, the measure of the intensity of a total stress of forty pounds which is distributed uniformly over a surface of four square inches area is ten pounds per square inch.

The degree or depth of color or shade in a picture.

the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation);

Example: ‘he adjusted the intensity of the sound’; ‘they measured the station's signal strength’;

high level or degree; the property of being intense

the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction);

Example: ‘the kids played their music at full volume’;

chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vividness of hue

(uncountable) Strong affection.

A profound and caring affection towards someone.

Example: ‘A mother’s love is not easily shaken.’; ‘My husband’s love is the most important thing in my life.’;

Affectionate, benevolent concern or care for other people or beings, and for their well-being.

A feeling of intense attraction towards someone.

Example: ‘I have never been in love as much as I have with you.’;

A deep or abiding liking for something; an enthusiasm for something.

Example: ‘My love of cricket knows no bounds.’;

(countable) A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved.

A term of friendly address, regardless of feelings.

Example: ‘Hello love, how can I help you?’;

A thing, activity, etc which is the object of one's deep liking or enthusiasm.

(euphemistic) Sexual desire; attachment based on sexual attraction.

(euphemistic) Sexual activity.

An instance or episode of being in love; a love affair.

Used as the closing, before the signature, of a letter, especially between good friends or family members, or by the young.

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(obsolete) A thin silk material.

A climbing plant, Clematis vitalba''.

(racquet sports) Zero, no score.

Example: ‘So that’s fifteen-love to Kournikova.’;

To have a strong affection for (someone or something).

Example: ‘I love my spouse.’; ‘I love you!’;

(transitive) To need, thrive on.

Example: ‘Mold loves moist, dark places.’;

To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like.

Example: ‘I love walking barefoot on wet grass;’; ‘I'd love to join the team;’; ‘I love what you've done with your hair’;

To care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something).

(transitive) To derive delight from a fact or situation.

Example: ‘I love the fact that the coffee shop now offers fat-free chai latte.’;

(transitive) To lust for.

To have sex with, (perhaps from make love.)

Example: ‘I wish I could love her all night long.’;

To praise; commend.

To praise as of value; prize; set a price on.

A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; preëminent kindness or devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love of brothers and sisters.

Example: ‘Of all the dearest bonds we proveThou countest sons' and mothers' loveMost sacred, most Thine own.’;

Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate affection for, one of the opposite sex.

Example: ‘He on his sideLeaning half-raised, with looks of cordial loveHung over her enamored.’;

Courtship; - chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e., to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage.

Example: ‘Demetrius . . . Made love to Nedar's daughter, Helena,And won her soul.’;

Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or desire; fondness; good will; - opposed to hate; often with of and an object.

Example: ‘Love, and health to all.’; ‘Smit with the love of sacred song.’; ‘The love of science faintly warmed his breast.’;

Due gratitude and reverence to God.

Example: ‘Keep yourselves in the love of God.’;

The object of affection; - often employed in endearing address; as, he held his love in his arms; his greatest love was reading.

Example: ‘Open the temple gates unto my love.’;

Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus.

Example: ‘Such was his form as painters, when they showTheir utmost art, on naked Lores bestow.’; ‘Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw Love.’;

A thin silk stuff.

A climbing species of Clematis (Clematis Vitalba).

Nothing; no points scored on one side; - used in counting score at tennis, etc.

Example: ‘He won the match by three sets to love.’;

Sexual intercourse; - a euphemism.

Example: ‘A little western flower,Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound;And maidens call it love-in-idleness.’;

To have a feeling of love for; to regard with affection or good will; as, to love one's children and friends; to love one's country; to love one's God.

Example: ‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.’; ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy self.’;

To regard with passionate and devoted affection, as that of one sex for the other.

To take delight or pleasure in; to have a strong liking or desire for, or interest in; to be pleased with; to like; as, to love books; to love adventures.

Example: ‘Wit, eloquence, and poetry.Arts which I loved.’;

To have the feeling of love; to be in love.

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection;

Example: ‘his love for his work’; ‘children need a lot of love’;

any object of warm affection or devotion;

Example: ‘the theater was her first love’; ‘he has a passion for cock fighting’;

a beloved person; used as terms of endearment

a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction;

Example: ‘their love left them indifferent to their surroundings’; ‘she was his first love’;

a score of zero in tennis or squash;

Example: ‘it was 40 love’;

sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people;

Example: ‘his lovemaking disgusted her’; ‘he hadn't had any love in months’; ‘he has a very complicated love life’;

have a great affection or liking for;

Example: ‘I love French food’; ‘She loves her boss and works hard for him’;

get pleasure from;

Example: ‘I love cooking’;

be enamored or in love with;

Example: ‘She loves her husband deeply’;

have sexual intercourse with;

Example: ‘This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm’; ‘Adam knew Eve’; ‘Were you ever intimate with this man?’;

Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. An example of this range of meanings is that the love of a mother differs from the love of a spouse, which differs from the love of food.