density
noun /ˈdensəti/
/ˈdensəti/
(plural densities)
- The population density in this city is very high.
- low density forest
- an average density of 2.4 people per hectare
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- low
- average
- …
- calculate
- determine
- estimate
- …
- change
- vary
- increase
- …
- [countable, uncountable] (physics) how thick a solid, liquid or gas is, measured by its mass per unit of volume
- the density of a gas
Extra ExamplesTopics Physics and chemistryc1- similar stars of the same mass and density
- Vitamin D deficiency causes a loss of bone density.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- low
- average
- …
- calculate
- determine
- estimate
- …
- change
- vary
- increase
- …
- [uncountable] (computing) the amount of space available on a disk for recording data see also packing density
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French densité or Latin densitas, from densus ‘dense’.