English Online Dictionary. What means density? What does density mean?
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French densité or Latin densitas. Morphologically dense + -ity.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɛn.sɪ.ti/, /ˈdɛn.sə.ti/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɛn.sə.ti/, [ˈdɛn.sə.ɾi]
Noun
density (countable and uncountable, plural densities)
- (physics) A measure of the mass of matter contained by a unit volume.
- Synonym: mass density
- 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.
- Synonym: number density
- (mathematics, statistics) 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.
- Synonym: probability density
- (dated) Stupidity; denseness.
Hyponyms
- charge density
- energy density
- electron density
- freight density
Derived terms
Related terms
- dense
Translations
Anagrams
- Destiny, destiny