Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of intensify
plural intensifyings
- An intensification.
Overtiming, development only for detail and subsequent intensifyings, keeping the lights pure and the shadows clear, by judicious use of the alum bath mentioned, will give an interesting variety of tones, which is a relief from the monotony […]
1892, The American Amateur Photographer, volume 4, page 157
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveincreasing in strength or intensity
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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