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Intension and Extension

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A term's intension is its defining attributes; its extension is the set of things it picks out.

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"Triangle" — intension: closed three-sided figure; extension: every triangle there is.

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Empty extension doesn't mean no meaning. "Unicorn" has a perfectly clear intension.