, or Intension, in Physics, is the degree or rate of the power or energy of any quality; as heat, cold, &c. The Intenfity of qualities, as gravity, light, heat, &c, vary in the reciprocal ratio of the squares of the distances from the centre of the radiating quality.
INTERCALARY Day, denotes the odd day inserted in the leap-year. See Bissextile.
INTERCEPTED Axis, in Conic Sections, the same with what is otherwise called the absciss or abscissa.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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