These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'intensity.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. As a result, the energy needs per capita at a global level will be 10 percent less in 2050 than they were in 2016, despite the rapid rise in demand from the many households entering the middle class in emerging economies. 2022 Models based on continua, such as the intensity of the individual's experienced trauma and invalidation, genetic and temperamental vulnerability, etcetera, may be more accurate and useful. Within the global buildings segment, energy intensity will decline as new, energy-efficient technologies are adopted. 2022 Her research initially looked for the differences elsewhere: in the language of emotion, in the forms and the intensity of its expression, in its social meaning.
Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2022 The rectangular mirror helps balance the window and brings in natural texture that tones down the intensity of the blue vanity. While the Slovak Statistics Office (SaS) recorded a decline in energy intensity by more than half in the 2000-2015 period, Fico notes a 27 percent decline during 2006-2012 and the Economy Ministry measures the fall in intensity related to GDP in purchasing power parity at 82.5 percent in 2000-2014. 2022 The increasing intensity of my desire to unearth him took me by surprise.Ĭynthia Ozick, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2022 The intensity of hurricanes is expected to increase as climate change continues to warm ocean waters, leaving ample breeding ground for strong systems to develop.
The energy is usually measured as the lower heating value of the primary fuels used plus any other primary energy contributions. 2022 While the intensity of both Earth's magnetic field and the sun can fluctuate, neither can account for Earth's recent warming trend. The energy intensity (or embodied energy) is defined as the energy required to produce a material from its raw form, per unit mass of material produced. 2022 The apparent intensity of the relationship quickly added to its intrigue.
Recent Examples on the Web This phobia is heightened as the intensity of the storm, likely measured by the vigor of the lightning or decibel level of the thunder, amplifies.