Intension, designation, and extension.

Extension, Intension, Character, and Beyond

This article explains some of the technical terms commonly used in semantic theory. One such term is extension. The notion of an extension is a generalization of the notion of reference. Proper names refer to objects, and a proper name's extension is the object to which it refers. For instance, the extension of 'Barack Obama' is Barack Obama, and the extension of 'Los Angeles' is Los Angeles. T...

A Note on Extension , Intension , and Truth

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Intension and Extension of a Term

The term is defined as a linguistic sign which represents a designate, denoting together a concept and referring to a reference object. In the content part of this sign, the onomasiological basis and onomasiological mark are delimited. The designate as an element of idea, in which extension corresponds with the onomasiological basis of the content and intension corresponds with the onomasiologi...

On Sense and Intension

Latitude, intension, and remission

Of things said without any combination, each signifies either substance or quantity or qualification or a relative or where or when or being-in-a-position or having or doing or being-affected. To give a rough idea, examples of substance are man, horse; of quantity: fourfoot, five-foot; of qualification: white, grammatical; of a relative: double, half, larger; of where: in the Lyceum, in the mar...