density

noun
/ˈdɛn.sɪ.ti/UK/ˈdɛn.sə.ti/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French densité or Latin densitas. Morphologically dense + -ity.

  1. borrowed from densitas
  2. borrowed from densité

Definitions

  1. The amount of a certain phenomenon (such as stuff, things, energy, or otherwise) in a…

    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).
  2. The probability that an outcome will fall into a given range, per unit of that range

    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.

  3. Stupidity.

    • There's only so much density that pedagogy can penetrate.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for density. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA