density

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈden.sɪ.ti/, SAMPA: /"den.sI.ti/,

Noun

density (plural densities)

1. (physics) A measure of the amount of matter contained by a given volume.
2. The ratio of one quantity to that of another quantity.

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

3. The probability that an event will occur, as a function of some observed variable.

Derived terms

charge density energy density

electron density freight density

Translations

physics: amount of matter contained by a given volume

Bulgarian: плътност (bg) Czech: hustota (cs) f. Dutch: dichtheid (nl) f. Finnish: tiheys (fi), ominaispaino (fi) French: densité (fr) f. German: Dichte (de) f. Greek: πυκνότητα (el) f. Hungarian: sűrűség (hu)

Italian: densità (it) f. Norwegian: tetthet (no) Polish: gęstość (pl) f. Romanian: densitate (ro) f. Russian: плотность (ru) (plótnost') Swedish: täthet (sv) Telugu: సాంద్రత (te) (saandratha)

number of particles or other quantity contained by a given volume

Bulgarian: плътност (bg) f. Finnish: tiheys (fi) German: Dichte (de) f. Italian: densità (it) f.

Polish: gęstość (pl) f. Romanian: densitate  (ro) f. Russian: плотность (ru) (plótnost') Swedish: täthet (sv)

probability

Dutch: waarschijnlijkheid (nl)

German: Wahrscheinlichkeit (de)

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Arabic: كثافة Mandarin: 密度 f., mìdù French: densité f. Hebrew: צפיפות (tzfifut) f.

Japanese: 密度 (みつど, mitsudo) Norwegian: tetthet f. Romanian: densitate f. Slovene: gostota f. Turkish: yoğunluk

Anagrams

• destiny, Destiny