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noun
The amount of a certain phenomenon (such as stuff, things, energy, or otherwise) in a given area (surface area) or volume (amount of space).
A measure of the mass of matter contained by a unit volume.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: denseness, mass density
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The amount of a certain phenomenon (such as stuff, things, energy, or otherwise) in a given area (surface area) or volume (amount of space).
The ratio of one quantity, representing something of interest, to another quantity representing space, area, or extent in which the thing of interest is distributed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: denseness, number density
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The probability that an outcome will fall into a given range, per unit of that range; the relative likelihood of possible values of a continuous random variable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: probability density
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Stupidity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: denseness, thickheadedness, blockheadedness
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the amount per unit size
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: denseness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: compactness
Narrower terms: bits per inch, bpi, flux density, flux, optical density, transmission density, photographic density, absorbance, rarity, tenuity, low density, relative density
noun
the spatial property of being crowded together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: concentration, denseness, tightness, compactness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spacing, spatial arrangement
History
Borrowed from Middle French densité or Latin densitas. Morphologically dense + -ity.
Across languages
111 source translations are retained for this English entry.
