intensification
(ɪnˌtɛnsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən)
[n. of action from intensify: see -fication.]
The action of intensifying; intensified condition.
| 1847 Lewes Hist. Philos. (1867) II. 73 An intensification of power by its economy of effort and definiteness of aim. 1864 Reader 9 Apr. 450/1 The combustion is accompanied by a great intensification of the heat. 1880 Grant White Every-Day Eng. 46 Reduplication is..perhaps the earliest mode of expressing intensification of interest. |
b. spec. in Photography: The thickening or increasing of the opacity of the film of a negative.
| 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 359/1 It will be better to employ distilled water..in all parts of the process until the development and intensification are completed. 1883 Hardwich's Photogr. Chem. (ed. Taylor) 382 The plate should be washed and dried previous to its being intensified, should intensification be found necessary. |