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densitize

densitize verb: to make more dense.

Verb

densitize (third-person singular simple present densitizes, present participle densitizing, simple past and past participle densitized)

  1. (uncommon) To make more dense.
    • Fortunately, the hyperbolicity of the system can be changed by densitizing the lapse and adding constraints to the evolution equations. We densitize the lapse by writing: [...], where [...x] is the densitization parameter, [...]2004, Nicolae Tarfulea, Constraint Preserving Boundary Conditions for Hyperbolic Formulations of Einstein's Equations
    • Just as is done in the NOR system, the standard KST formulation uses a fixed densitized lapse of the form [...]. The reason for this is that by densitizing the lapse we are transforming derivatives of ai into derivatives of dimm.2008, Miguel Alcubierre, Introduction to 3+1 Numerical Relativity, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 181

Forms of densitize

third-person singular presentdensitizes
present participledensitizing
past participledensitized
pastdensitized

Origin of densitize

From densit(y) + -ize.

Questions about densitize

What does densitize mean?
Densitize means to make more dense.
What part of speech is densitize?
Densitize is a verb.
What is the past tense of densitize?
The past tense of densitize is densitized.

Words near densitize in the dictionary

  1. densiometrically
  2. densiometry
  3. densipan
  4. densipans
  5. densities
  6. densitize
  7. densitized
  8. densitizes
  9. densitizing
  10. densitogram
  11. densitograms

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