Density

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Density \Den"si*ty\ (d[e^]n"s[i^]*t[y^]), n. [L. densitas; cf.
     F. densit['e].]
     1. The quality of being dense, close, or thick; compactness;
        -- opposed to {rarity}.
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     2. (Physics) The ratio of mass, or quantity of matter, to
        bulk or volume, esp. as compared with the mass and volume
        of a portion of some substance used as a standard.
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     Note: For gases the standard substance is hydrogen, at a
           temperature of 0[deg] Centigrade and a pressure of 760
           millimeters. For liquids and solids the standard is
           water at a temperature of 4[deg] Centigrade. The
           density of solids and liquids is usually called
           specific gravity, and the same is true of gases when
           referred to air as a standard.
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     3. (Photog.) Depth of shade. --Abney.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  density
       n 1: the amount per unit size [syn: {denseness}]
       2: the spatial property of being crowded together [syn: {concentration},
           {denseness}, {compactness}] [ant: {distribution}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  71 Moby Thesaurus words for "density":
     asininity, blockishness, body, boobishness, boorishness, bovinity,
     callosity, callousness, cloddishness, concreteness, crassness,
     crudeness, denseness, dim-wittedness, dimness, doltishness,
     dull-wittedness, dullardism, dullness, dumbness, duncery,
     durability, durity, firmness, flintiness, grossness, hardness,
     hardness of heart, hebetude, impenetrability, induration, lethargy,
     loutishness, lumpishness, mass, materiality, ninnyism, oafdom,
     oafishness, obduracy, obtuseness, opacity, palpability,
     ponderability, resistance, restiveness, simpletonianism, slowness,
     sluggishness, solidity, sottishness, soundness, stability,
     steadiness, steeliness, stolidity, stoniness, stoutness, strength,
     stupidity, sturdiness, substance, substantiality, substantialness,
     tangibility, thick-headedness, thick-wittedness, toughness,
     unteachability, wrongheadedness, yokelism