English Explanatory Dictionary

density

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The amount of a certain phenomenon (such as stuff, things, energy, or otherwise) in a given area (surface area) or volume (amount of space).
  2. A measure of the mass of matter contained by a unit volume.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Stupidity.

Pronunciation

/ˈdɛn.sɪ.ti/ /ˈdɛn.sə.ti/ [ˈdɛn.sə.ɾi] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-density.wav

Word forms

density densities

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French densité or Latin densitas. Morphologically dense + -ity.

Synonyms

denseness mass density number density probability density thickheadedness blockheadedness

Related words

dense

Derived words

agricultural density arithmetic density asymptotic density bone density bone mineral density bulk density caloric density character density charge-density wave chemodensity column density densitize density dependence density function density matrix density of light electrodensity equidensity flux density high-density high-density lipoprotein hyperdensity hypodensity immunodensity isodensity lexical density linear density low-density low-density lipoprotein magnetic flux density mass density medium-density microdensity natural density number density overdensity photodensity physiological density Planck density population density probability density function pyroclastic density current radiodensity relative density Schwarzschild density specific density spin-density wave teledensity tomodensity true density underdensity vapour density vortensity

Translations

Arabic: كَثَافَة Armenian: խտություն Azerbaijani: sıxlıq Belarusian: шчы́льнасць Belarusian: густата́ Belarusian: гушчыня́ Bulgarian: плъ́тност Bulgarian: гъстота́ Catalan: densitat Chinese Mandarin: 密度 Chinese Mandarin: 濃度 /浓度 Czech: hustota Danish: massefylde Danish: densitet Dutch: dichtheid Estonian: tihedus Finnish: tiheys Finnish: ominaispaino French: masse volumique French: densité Galician: densidade Georgian: სიმჭიდროვე German: Dichte German: Massendichte Greek: πυκνότητα Ancient Greek: πυκνότης Gujarati: ઘનતા Hebrew: צפיפות החומר Hebrew: צְפִיפוּת Hindi: घनत्व Hungarian: sűrűség Icelandic: þéttleiki Indonesian: densitas Indonesian: massa jenis Italian: densità Japanese: 密度 Japanese: 濃度 Kazakh: тығыздық Korean: 밀도 Northern Kurdish: xestî Northern Kurdish: gurayî Kyrgyz: тыгыздык Lao: ຄວາມຫນາແຫນ້ນ Latin: densitas Latvian: blīvums Lithuanian: tankis Macedonian: густина Malay: ketumpatan Malayalam: സാന്ദ്രത Malayalam: ഘനത്വം Māori: kiato Māori: apiapitanga Mongolian: нягт Norwegian Bokmål: massetetthet Norwegian Bokmål: densitet Norwegian Bokmål: tetthet
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