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Intensity: Amount of degree of energy, strength, or force.

Compensation Light Intensity: That light intensity at which oxygen evolved from a photosynthesizing organism equals that consumed in its respiration

Intensity Scale: Exposure scale in which the time of exposure remains constant but the intensity of light increases in regular stops.

Lighting Intensity: The power of a light source. Regarding the relative intensity of lighting sources, see three-point lighting.

Intensity Control: A control for regulating the intensity of background illumination on the radarscope. Also called brilliance control.

Exercise Intensity: The amount of energy that a person uses during a workout. This is normally measured by the persons heart rate.

Radiant Intensity: Energy of radiation striking a unit area per unit time. The SI unit of radiant power is J m-2 s-1.

Mass Spectrometry: A method for experimentally determining isotopic masses and isotopic abundances. A sample of an element is converted into a stream of ions and passed through an electromagnetic field. Ions w . . . View Full Definition

Spectrum: A range of frequencies available for over-the-air transmission.

Transmittance: The transmittance is the fraction of radiant intensity transmitted by a sample, T = I/I0 where T is the transmittance and I, I0 are the radiant intensity of the radiation after and before pa . . . View Full Definition