density

C1 Topic:Physics

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

Appears in

Phrases (1)

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relative density
the density of a substance compared with that of a reference substance

Adjective + noun

Etymology

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

densité Middle French densitas Latin

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Topics

Physics Places & Geography Word Formation & Derivatives

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# 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
- Physics
- Places & Geography
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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