[mass noun]the degree of compactness of a substance 密度 a reduction in bone density. 骨密度降低。 ■(Physics)degree of consistency measured by the quantity of mass per unit volume (物理)密度 ■the opacity of a photographic image (相片形象的)不透性,不透明度,暗度 ■the quantity of people or things in a given area or space (人口或事物的)密度 areas of low population density. 人口密度低的地区。 [count noun]a density of 10,000 per square mile. 每平方英里10,000的人口密度。 ■(亦作 packing density)(Computing)a measure of the amount of information on a storage medium (计算机)信息密度 [as modifier, in combination]a low-density floppy disk. 低密度软盘。
语源
early 17th cent.: from French densité or Latin densitas, from densus 'dense'