Intensity (disambiguation)
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Intensity is a widely-used term, which can mean:
In colloquial use:
In physics:
- Intensity (physics), power per unit area (W/m2)
- Field strength of electric, magnetic, or electromagnetic fields.
In optics:
- Radiant intensity, power per unit solid angle (W/sr)
- Luminous intensity, luminous flux per unit solid angle (lm/sr or cd)
- Irradiance, power per unit area (W/m2)
In astronomy:
- Radiance, power per unit solid angle per unit projected source area (W·sr-1·m-2)
In seismology:
- Mercalli Intensity, a measure of earthquake impact
- Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity, a measure of earthquake impact
- Peak ground acceleration, a measure of earthquake acceleration (g or m/s2)
Other uses:
- In video, intensity means luminous emittance, luminous flux per unit area (lm/m2 or lux)
- Exercise intensity is a measure of how much work is done during exercise (% of max heart rate)
- Intensity (novel), a novel by Dean Koontz
- Intensity (TV movie), a 1997 made for TV movie based on the novel
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