density
English
/ˈdɛn.sɪ.ti/, /ˈdɛn.sə.ti/
noun
Definitions
- (physics) A measure of the mass of matter contained by a unit volume.
- 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.
- (mathematics) 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.
- (dated) Stupidity; denseness.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French densité borrowed from Latin densitas.
Origin
Latin
densitas
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chemodensity English
- densitize English
- electrodensity English
- equidensity English
- hyperdensity English
- hypodensity English
- immunodensity English
- isodensity English
- microdensity English
- overdensity English
- photodensity English
- radiodensity English
- teledensity English
- tomodensity English
- underdensity English
- densitas Latin
- densus Latin
- densité French
- dempsité Old French
- densité Middle French