density

noun

/ˈdensəti/

(plural densities)

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[uncountable] the quality of being dense; the degree to which something is dense密集；稠密；密度；浓度
- The population density in this city is very high.这座城市的人口密度很高。
- low density forest低密度森林
- an average density of 2.4 people per hectare每公顷 2.4 人的平均密度
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- high
- low
- average
- …
verb + density
- calculate
- determine
- estimate
- …
density + verb
- change
- vary
- increase
- …
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[countable, uncountable] (physics物理) how thick a solid, liquid or gas is, measured by its mass per unit of volume密度（固体、液体或气体单位体积的质量）
- the density of a gas一种气体的密度
see also relative density
Extra Examples
- similar stars of the same mass and density质量和密度相同的类似恒星
- Vitamin D deficiency causes a loss of bone density.缺乏维生素D会导致骨密度下降。
Topics Physics and chemistryc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- high
- low
- average
- …
verb + density
- calculate
- determine
- estimate
- …
density + verb
- change
- vary
- increase
- …
See full entry
[uncountable] (computing计算机) the amount of space available on a disk for recording data密度（磁盘存储数据的可用空间） see also packing density

Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French densité or Latin densitas, from densus ‘dense’.