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Definition of Density
1. Noun. The amount per unit size.
Generic synonyms: Compactness
Specialized synonyms: Bits Per Inch, Bpi, Flux, Flux Density, Absorbance, Optical Density, Photographic Density, Transmission Density, Low Density, Rarity, Tenuity, Relative Density
Derivative terms: Dense, Dense, Dense
2. Noun. The spatial property of being crowded together.
Generic synonyms: Spacing, Spatial Arrangement
Derivative terms: Concentrate, Dense, Dense, Tight
Antonyms: Distribution
Definition of Density
1. n. The quality of being dense, close, or thick; compactness; -- opposed to rarity.
Definition of Density
1. Noun. (physics) A measure of the amount of matter contained by a given volume. ¹
2. Noun. The ratio of one quantity to that of another quantity. ¹
3. Noun. The probability that an event will occur, as a function of some observed variable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Density
1. the state of being dense [n -TIES]
Medical Definition of Density
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Literary usage of Density
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elementary Treatise on Natural Philosophy by Augustin Privat-Deschanel (1884)
"The pressure due to a foot of water of unit density, a foot being 30-48 cm. 115.
The pressure due to the weight of a layer a metre thick, of air of density ..."
2. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk ( Maxwell (1873)
"The electric volume-density at a given point in space is the limiting ratio of
... The density at a point on the surface, if defined according to the method ..."
3. Cavendish by Christa Jungnickel, Russell McCormmach (1996)
""To great exactness," Cavendish concluded, the mean density of the earth is 5.48
times the density of water.15 The number was the object of Cavendish's last ..."
4. Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1833)
"Of the Effects of the density of Air on the Rates of Chronometers. By George
Harvey, FRSE %c. Communicated by Davies Gilbert, Esq. VPRS Read May 13, 1824. ..."
5. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1883)
"It is easy to calculate the density of the atmosphere at any height above ...
The density of the air at a distance of » earth radii from the centre of the ..."
6. The Growth of Cities in the Nineteenth Century: A Study in Statistics by Adna Ferrin Weber (1899)
"One method of studying the spatial relations of men and communities to one another
is by measuring the density of population; the more human beings to the ..."
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