Meaning

4 senses
  1. The amount of a certain phenomenon (such as stuff, things, energy, or otherwise) in a given area (surface area) or volume (amount of space).

    (countable, uncountable)A measure of the mass of matter contained by a unit volume.

    Dichte, Massendichte

    пло́тностьplótnostʹ, густота́gustotá

    щі́льністьščílʹnistʹ, густота́hustotá, густина́hustyná

  2. (countable, uncountable)The ratio of one quantity, representing something of interest, to another quantity representing space, area, or extent in which the thing of interest is distributed.

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

  3. (countable, uncountable)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.

    Dichte

    пло́тностьplótnostʹ, густота́gustotá

  4. (countable, uncountable)Stupidity.

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

More definitions
  • the amount per unit size
  • the spatial property of being crowded together

Examples

28 sentences
  1. Japan has a high population density.

    ruВ Японии высокая плотность населения. — shanghainese

    deJapan hat eine hohe Bevölkerungsdichte. — MUIRIEL

  2. Russia has a low population density.

    ruВ России низкая плотность населения. — marafon

  3. The city has a very high population density.

    ruВ городе очень высокая плотность населения. — odexed

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  4. The density of water depends on the temperature.

    ruПлотность воды зависит от температуры. — odexed

    deDie Dichte von Wasser ändert sich mit der Temperatur. — brauchinet

  5. Cold water has a higher density than warm water.

    ruХолодная вода имеет более высокую плотность, чем тёплая. — marafon

    deKaltes Wasser hat eine höhere Dichte als warmes Wasser. — raggione

Translations

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Origin

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

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

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