Density

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈden.sɪ.ti/,

Origin

From French densité

Full definition of density

Noun

1. (physics: amount of matter contained by a given volume)(physics) A measure of the amount of matter contained by a given volume.
• 2013, Kevin Heng, Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets Easily?, 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.
2. (number of particles or other quantity contained by a given volume)The ratio of one quantity to that of another quantity.
   The number of particles per unit volume of a specified volume can be considered to be the particle density for the specified volume.
3. (probability)The probability that an event will occur, as a function of some observed variable.

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• destiny, Destiny