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optical density(medicine)
organismal density(medicine)
photon density(medicine)
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density (iou)



density noun. E17.
[French densite or Latin densitas, from densus: see DENSE, -ITY.]
The quality or condition of being closely compacted in substance; closeness of texture or consistency. E17.
fig.: W. J. Bate In all of these works are the same weight and density of meaning.
Physics. The degree of consistency of a body or substance measured by the quantity of mass in unit volume. M17.
R. V. Jones This gives a mean density for the rocket of about four times that of water.
b. Any of various physical properties defined as a quantity (of electric charge, particles, energy, etc.) per unit (physical or mathematical) extent. Usu. with specifying word. L19.
charge density, electron density, etc. optical density: see OPTICAL adjective. vapour density: see VAPOUR noun.
H. M. Rosenberg The density of states will be used to describe the number of atomic oscillators per unit energy..range.
The degree of aggregation; a crowded state; spec. in any population, the average number of individuals per spatial unit. M19.
N. Hawthorne Stems, supporting a cloud-like density of boughs. E. F. Schumacher The United States could accommodate more than half the world population before it attained a density equal to that of the United Kingdom.
Photography. (A measure of) the opacity of the image produced (i.e. the amount of silver deposited) in a photographic emulsion under given conditions. L19.
fig. Stupidity, crassness. L19.
Computing. = packing density s.v. PACKING noun1. M20.