density

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈdɛn.sɪ.ti/, /ˈdɛn.sə.ti/
• (America) IPA: /ˈdɛn.sə.ti/, [ˈdɛn.sə.ɾi]

Noun

density

1. (physics) A measure of the mass of matter contained by a unit volume.

   Synonyms: mass density

2. 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.

   Synonyms: number density

   The number of particles per unit volume of a specified volume can be considered to be the particle density for the specified volume.

3. (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.

   Synonyms: probability density

4. (dated) Stupidity; denseness.

Related terms

• dense

Translations

• French: densité
• German: Dichte, Massendichte
• Italian: densità
• Portuguese: densidade
• Russian: пло́тность
• Spanish: densidad

Translations

• French: densité
• German: Dichte
• Italian: densità
• Portuguese: densidade
• Russian: пло́тность
• Spanish: densidad

Translations

• Portuguese: densidade
• Spanish: densidad

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