density
Collocations
7(noun.)
ADJ
high, low
average
The city has an average density of around 5,000 residents per square kilometer.
population, traffic
Rush hour traffic density on the highway made our commute take twice as long.
VERB + DENSITY
calculate, measure
DENSITY + VERB
change, vary | increase, rise | decrease, fall
Definitions
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).
In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter. Their densities range from that of styrofoam to iron.
The microcannon was seen moving at about a micron per second, it was about 15 microns long, and the high speed photograph was done in water (density of 1 kg/L, viscosity of about 0.001 pascal seconds).
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 number of particles per unit volume of a specified volume can be considered to be the particle density for the specified volume.
Density, which is genetically linked, deals with the number of strands per square inch on your scalp. Normal density can range from slight to substantial, varying from person to person.
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.
Stupidity.
There's only so much density that pedagogy can penetrate.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the amount per unit size
noun — the spatial property of being crowded together
- concentration
- denseness
- tightness
- compactness
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter. Their densities range
WiktionaryThe microcannon was seen moving at about a micron per second, it was about 15 microns long, and the high speed photograph was done in water (density of 1 kg/L, viscosity of about 0.001 pascal seconds)
WiktionaryAquafaba was recovered from 10 commercial canned chickpea products and correlations among aquafaba composition, density, viscosity and foaming properties were investigated. Proton NMR was used to char
WiktionaryA recent survey reveals that the population density in the metropolis is decreasing.
Tatoeba · #243794A recent survey revealed that the population density in the metropolis was decreasing.
Tatoeba · #243795Japan has a high population density.
Tatoeba · #281553