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   density

   /ˈdɛnsɪti/

   noun

   • 1. the degree of compactness of a substance: "a reduction in bone density"
   • 2. a measure of the amount of information on a storage medium: "a low-density floppy disk"
   • ▪ the quantity of mass per unit volume of a substance.
   • ▪ the opacity of a photographic image.
   • 3. the quantity of people or things in a given area or space: "areas of low population density"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from French densité or Latin densitas, from densus ‘dense’.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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