density C1 Topic:Space, Position & Direction US /ˈdɛn.sə.ti/ UK /ˈdɛn.sɪ.ti/ See IPA manual Freq #14680 Meanings 1 noun How much of something there is in a given space or area. The city has a very high population density. 2 noun The amount of mass in a given volume of a substance. Lead has a much greater density than wood. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · how much of something there... concentration 2 noun · the amount of mass in a... mass density Word family Forms densities Derived forms chemodensitydensitizeelectrodensityequidensityhigh-densityhyperdensityhypodensityimmunodensityisodensitylow-densitymedium-densitymicrodensity Related forms dense Common collocations relative density Adjective + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from Middle French densité or Latin densitas. Morphologically dense + -ity. densité Middle French densitas Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Space, Position & Direction Mathematics & Measurement Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # density **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈdɛn.sə.ti/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈdɛn.sɪ.ti/ **Frequency rank:** 14680 ## Meanings 1. How much of something there is in a given space or area. 2. The amount of mass in a given volume of a substance. ## Examples - The city has a very high population density. - Lead has a much greater density than wood. ## Derived Forms - chemodensity - densitize - electrodensity - equidensity - high-density - hyperdensity - hypodensity - immunodensity - isodensity - low-density - medium-density - microdensity ## Related Forms - dense ## Roots and Affixes - Root: densité - Root: densitas ## Etymology Borrowed from Middle French densité or Latin densitas. Morphologically dense + -ity. ## AI Etymology Density is borrowed from Middle French densité or Latin densitas. Morphologically dense + -ity. The historical chain includes densité (Middle French) and densitas (Latin). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as chemodensity, densitize, electrodensity, and equidensity and related forms such as dense. In present use it covers how much of something there is in a given space or area and the amount of mass in a given volume of a substance. ## Topics - Space, Position & Direction - Mathematics & Measurement - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown