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Definition of Relative density
1. Noun. The ratio of the density of something to the density of a standard.
Specialized synonyms: Specific Gravity, Vapor Density, Vapour Density
Definition of Relative density
1. Noun. (science) A measure of the density of a material. The ratio of the density of a substance to the density of water at the same temperature. It is dimensionless and therefore has no units. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Relative Density
Literary usage of Relative density
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Mineralogy: With an Extended Treatise on Crystallography and by Edward Salisbury Dana, William Ebenezer Ford (1922)
"SPECIFIC GRAVITY OR relative density 295. Definition of Specific Gravity. ...
This relative density may be learned in any case by comparing the ralio of the ..."
2. Elementary Treatise on Natural Philosophy .. by Augustin Privat-Deschanel, Joseph David Everett (1885)
"By the relative density is meant the ratio of its absolute density to that of
some standard substance, or, what amounts to the same thing, the ratio of the ..."
3. Lessons in Elementary Practical Physics by Balfour Stewart, William Winson Haldane Gee (1885)
"relative density is the term applied to the ratio between the masses of equal
volumes of a given body and of some standard substance. ..."
4. Lessons in Elementary Practical Physics by Balfour Stewart, William Winson Haldane Gee (1891)
"If we call A the relative density of the liquid, then i3.- will be the equivalent
pressure in inches of mercury. The value of A for several strengths is ..."
5. The Island of Cuba by Alexander von Humboldt, John S. Thrasher (1856)
"... and of sexes—Fears on cessation of slave trade—Why unfounded— Distribution of
population in 1811—Free colored seek the towns —relative density—Census of ..."
6. Lessons in Elementary Practical Physics by Balfour Stewart, William Winson Haldane Gee (1901)
"If we call A the relative density of the liquid, then j-| will be the equivalent
pressure in inches of mercury. The value of A for several strengths is ..."
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