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Density

Density Meaning & Definition
Density Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Density?

[n] the amount per unit size
[n] the spatial property of being crowded together

Synonyms | Synonyms for Density: concentration | denseness

Related Terms | Find terms related to Density: asininity | blockishness | body | boobishness | boorishness | bovinity | callosity | callousness | cloddishness | concreteness | crassness | crudeness | denseness | dimness | dim-wittedness | doltishness | dullardism | dullness | dull-wittedness | dumbness | duncery | durability | durity | firmness | flintiness | grossness | hardness | hardness of heart | hebetude | impenetrability | induration | lethargy | loutishness | lumpishness | mass | materiality | ninnyism | oafdom | oafishness | obduracy | obtuseness | opacity | palpability | ponderability | resistance | restiveness | simpletonianism | slowness | sluggishness | solidity | sottishness | soundness | stability | steadiness | steeliness | stolidity | stoniness | stoutness | strength | stupidity | sturdiness | substance | substantiality | substantialness | tangibility | thick-headedness | thick-wittedness | toughness | unteachability | wrongheadedness | yokelism

See Also | bits per inch | bpi | compactness | flux | flux density | low density | rarity | relative density | spacing | spatial arrangement | tenuity

Density In Webster's Dictionary

\Den"si*ty\, n. [L. densitas; cf. F. densit['e].] 1. The quality of being dense, close, or thick; compactness; -- opposed to rarity. 2. (Physics) The ratio of mass, or quantity of matter, to bulk or volume, esp. as compared with the mass and volume of a portion of some substance used as a standard. Note: For gases the standard substance is hydrogen, at a temperature of 0[deg] Centigrade and a pressure of 760 millimeters. For liquids and solids the standard is water at a temperature of 4[deg] Centigrade. The density of solids and liquids is usually called specific gravity, and the same is true of gases when referred to air as a standard. 3. (Photog.) Depth of shade. --Abney.

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