In linguistics, an intensifier (abbreviated INT) is a lexical category (but not a traditional part of speech) for a modifier that makes no contribution...

An image intensifier or image intensifier tube is a vacuum tube device for increasing the intensity of available light in an optical system to allow use...

refers to the act of sexual intercourse, but is also commonly used as an intensifier or to convey disdain. While its origin is obscure, it is usually considered...

An X-ray image intensifier (XRII) is an image intensifier that converts X-rays into visible light at higher intensity than the more traditional fluorescent...

literal sense or manner" or an intensifier which strengthens the associated statement. It has been used as an intensifier in English for several centuries...

A hydraulic intensifier is a hydraulic machine for transforming hydraulic power at low pressure into a reduced volume at higher pressure. Such a machine...

An intensive pronoun (or self-intensifier) adds emphasis to a statement; for example, "I did it myself." While English intensive pronouns (e.g., myself...

1960s, but the word has since become a comparatively mild expletive or intensifier.[citation needed] In American English, the word is used almost exclusively...

infrared spectrum. A night vision device usually consists of an image intensifier tube, a protective housing, and an optional mounting system. Many NVDs...

the MX-9644 Image Intensifier tube. To make the tube more usable with simple optics, a second-generation MCP based image intensifier was adapted to an...

range is achieved via technological means through the use of an image intensifier, gain multiplication CCD, or other very low-noise and high-sensitivity...

Third-generation image intensifiers are able to be installed and are standard for military night vision. Most newer PVS-7 intensifier tubes are auto-gated...

However, since the 1950s most fluoroscopes have included X-ray image intensifiers and cameras as well, to improve the image's visibility and make it available...

is an English term for the act of sexual intercourse, also used as an intensifier or interjection, and generally considered vulgar. Fuck or fucks may also...

be used in light conditions that would otherwise saturate the light intensifier. The rear end of the scope is a focus dial. The eyepiece has a detachable...

analyze the ability of observers to perform visual tasks using image intensifier technology. It was an important breakthrough in evaluating the performance...

Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Very may refer to: English's prevailing intensifier The Very Group, a British retail/consumer finance corporation Very (online...

that is optically connected to an image intensifier that is mounted in front of the CCD. An image intensifier includes three functional elements: a photocathode...

intonation to add weight in one's speech is lost. A double negative intensifier does not necessarily require the prescribed steps, and can easily be...

ISSN 1360-6743. S2CID 56272941. Nevalainen, Terttu (2008). "Social variation in intensifier use: constraint on -ly adverbialization in the past". English Language...

strong emotion (such as anger, excitement, or surprise), as a grammatical intensifier or emphasis, or to express informality or conversational intimacy. In...

These include use as an adjective, conjunction, pronoun, adverb and intensifier; it has distance from the speaker, as opposed to words like this. The...

dictionary. II is the Roman numeral for 2. II may also refer to: Image intensifier, medical imaging equipment Invariant chain, a polypeptide involved in...

phrasal template with an invented irregular verb, used as a playful intensifier (as in “the gasp I gusped/guspt,” “the scream I scrempt”) Most Fun While...

early adoption of the term hecka in its accepted vernacular usage. While intensifiers similar to hella exist in many colloquial varieties, hella is uncommonly...

be used in light conditions that would otherwise saturate the light intensifier. The rear end of the scope is a focus dial. The eyepiece has a detachable...

of waterjets with John Olsen’s development of the high-pressure fluid intensifier in 1973, a design that was further refined in 1976. Flow Industries then...

emphasized word "so" to modify adjectives more often than any other intensifier. Although the preference had already made its way into the American vernacular...

Secondary electron emission is used in photomultiplier tubes and image intensifier tubes to amplify the small number of photoelectrons produced by photoemission...

or their behaviors, but is less likely to cause offense if used as an intensifier as in "crazy speed". For some terms, the grammar structure of their use...