density
/ˈdɛn.sə.ti/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.33 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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
noun
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
noun
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.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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)."
- "Aquafaba was recovered from 10 commercial canned chickpea products and correlations among aquafaba composition, density, viscosity and foaming properties were investigated. Proton NMR was used to characterize aquafaba composition before and after ultrafiltration through membranes with different molecular weight cut offs (MWCOs of 3, 10, or 50 kDa)."
- "The number of particles per unit volume of a specified volume can be considered to be the particle density for the specified volume."
- "Density, which is genetically linked, deals with the number of strands per square inch on your scalp. Normal density can range from slight to substantial, varying from person to person."
- "It is vital to use proper keyword density because if your density is too low, your SERP's ranking decreases."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdɛn.sə.ti/
- British English: /ˈdɛn.sɪ.ti/