Definitions for density

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density den·si·ty

Spelling: [den-si-tee]

IPA: /ˈdɛn sɪ ti/

Density is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 191 anagrams from letters in density (deinsty).

Definitions for density

noun

1. the state or quality of being dense; compactness; closely set or crowded condition.
2. stupidity; slow-wittedness; obtuseness.
3. the number of inhabitants, dwellings, or the like, per unit area:
4. Physics. mass per unit volume.
5. Electricity. the quantity of electricity per unit of volume at a point in space, or the quantity per unit of area at a point on a surface. current density.
6. the degree of opacity of a substance, medium, etc., that transmits light.
7. Photography. the relative degree of opacity of an area of a negative or transparency, often expressed logarithmically.
8. Computers. a measure of the compactness of data saved on a storage medium, as disk or tape, or displayed on an electronic screen.

Origin of density

1595-1605; Latin dēnsitās, equivalent to dēns(us) dense + -itās -ity

Examples for density

The young man tried to be patient over her density in this time of crisis.

But he's immersing himself, creating the density of felt detail from which fine performances emerge.

The density of their ignorance is something that the people of England cannot understand.

So if rate of speed and elasticity be known, the density may be computed.

Gurnett knew that he could use the vibrations in the plasma to determine its density.

The critical reason for this is likely to be missed by those who worship at the altar of density and contemporary planning dogma.

Two bubbles less than a millimeter apart might have radically different temperature, density, and other important properties.

In the second way, density implies compactness of molecules.

When the frequency goes up, it means the density of the plasma is increasing.

In this way the density of the ether has been deduced by noting the velocity of light.