density

/ˈdɛn.sɪ.ti/US/ˈdɛn.sə.ti/

density noun: a measure of the mass of matter contained by a unit volume.

Noun

density (countable and uncountable, plural densities)

A measure of the mass of matter contained by a unit volume.
- 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.2013 May-June, Kevin Heng, “Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets Easily?”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 184
- 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).2018 February 28, Alexander Klotz, “Microcannons firing Nanobullets”, in Softbites
Synonyms:

denseness, mass density
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.
- 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.2007, Lisa Akbari, Every Woman's Guide to Beautiful Hair at Any Age, page 37
Synonyms:

denseness, number density
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.

Synonyms:

probability density
Stupidity.
- There's only so much density that pedagogy can penetrate.
Synonyms:

denseness, thickheadedness, blockheadedness

density meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

density in Hindi

physics: amount of matter contained by a given volume: घनत्व ghanatva

density in Tamil

physics: amount of matter contained by a given volume: அடர்த்தி aṭartti

density in Marathi

घनता, दाटपणा

density in Urdu

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density in Bengali: ঘনত্ব ghontto
density in Telugu: సాంద్రత sāndrata
density in Malayalam: സാന്ദ്രത sāndrata, ഘനത്വം ghanatvaṁ
density in Kannada: ತಿಣ್ಮೆ, ದಟ್ಟಣೆ
density in Punjabi: ਘਣਤਾ
density in Gujarati: ઘનતા ghantā
density in Odia: ଘନତ୍ୱ, ଘନତ୍ବ
density in Sanskrit: संतति sáṃtati
density in Assamese: ঘনত্ব ghonotto
density in Nepali: घनत्व, सघनता, घनता
density in Tagalog: kasiksikan
density in Arabic: كَثَافَة kaṯāfa
density in Malay: ketumpatan
density in Indonesian: densitas, massa jenis
density in Persian: چگالی čegâli
density in Thai: ความหนาแน่น kwaam-nǎa-nɛ̂n
density in Vietnamese: khối lượng riêng, mật độ

Examples of density in a sentence

Aquafaba was recovered from 10 commercial canned chickpea products and correlations among aquafaba composition, density, viscosity and foaming properties were investigated.2018 October 3, Youn Young Shim, Rana Mustafa, Jianheng Shen, Kornsulee Ratanapariyanuch, Martin J. T. Reaney, “Composition and Properties...
It is vital to use proper keyword density because if your density is too low, your SERP's ranking decreases.2010, Alyssa Ast, The Fundamentals of SEO for the Average Joe, page 23:
Once you hit a certain density, you're in the black.2010, Neil Gillespie, Discover Your Core, Then Go for More, page 42:

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Synonyms of density

All synonyms of density

Forms of density

plural	densities

Plural of density: densities

Origin of density

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

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Questions about density

What does density mean?: Density means a measure of the mass of matter contained by a unit volume.
What is density in Hindi?: Density in Hindi is घनत्व (ghanatva). See Density meaning in Hindi.
How do you use density in a sentence?: Aquafaba was recovered from 10 commercial canned chickpea products and correlations among aquafaba composition, density, viscosity and foaming properties were investigated.
What part of speech is density?: Density is a noun.
How do you pronounce density?: Density is pronounced /ˈdɛn.sɪ.ti/ (UK).
What is the plural of density?: The plural of density is densities.

Words near density in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: density (page history and authors); density (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); density (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ঘনত্ব (Bengali) (page history and authors); density (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); density (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); density (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); संतति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); ঘনত্ব (Assamese) (page history and authors); density (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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