extensity

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What is lacking in extensity of associative reproduction must be added in intensity.

From The Psychology of Beauty by Howes, Ethel Dench Puffer

The extensity of a sensation depends on the number of nerve endings stimulated.

From The Mind and Its Education by Betts, George Herbert

He is well aware of the results of "the breach between quality and quantity," between true duration and pure extensity.

From Bergson and His Philosophy by Gunn, John Alexander

This catholic spirit of friendliness is delightful and attractive in many ways, but it has its drawbacks; it is not possible perhaps to have both extensity and intensity of emotion. 

From The Vagabond in Literature by Rickett, Arthur

Mere increase of pressure implies increase of intensity of sensation; to increase the extensity the area, so to speak, of the exciting stimulus must be increased.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various