density

density
1. The compactness of a substance; the ratio of mass to unit volume, usually expressed as g/cm3 (kg/m3 in the SI system). 2. The quantity of electricity on a given surface or in a given time per unit of volume. 3. In radiological physics, the opacity to light of an exposed radiographic or photographic film; the darker the film, the greater the measured d.. 4. In clinical radiology, a less exposed area on a film, corresponding to a region of greater x-ray attenuation (radiopacity) in the subject; the more light transmitted by the film, the greater the d. of the subject; this is not actually the opposite of the prior definition, since one concerns film d. and the other subject d.. [L. densitas, fr. densus, thick]
- bone d. quantitative measurement of the mineral content of bone, used as an indicator of the structural strength of the bone and as a screen for osteoporosis
- buoyant d. the d. that allows a substance to float in some standard fluid.
- count d. SYN: photon d..
- flux d. 1. SYN: flux (4). 2. either particle flux d., the particle fluence rate, or energy flux d., the energy fluence rate of intensity. Cf.:fluence.
- incidence d. the person-time incidence rate.
- optic d. (OD) SYN: absorbance.
- photon d. the number of counted events recorded in scintigraphy per square centimeter or per square inch of imaged area. SYN: count d..
- spin d. the number of nuclear dipoles per unit volume.
- vapor d. the mass per unit volume of a vapor; since the vapor d. changes with temperature and pressure, it is commonly expressed as a specific gravity, i.e., the weight of the vapor divided by the weight of an equal volume of a reference gas ( e.g., oxygen or hydrogen) at the same temperature and pressure.

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den·si·ty 'den(t)-sət-ē, -stē n, pl -ties
1) the quantity per unit volume, unit area, or unit length: as
a) the mass of a substance per unit volume
b) the distribution of a quantity (as mass, electricity, or energy) per unit usu. of space
c) the average number of individuals or units per space unit <a population \density of 500 per square mile>
2 a) the degree of opacity of a translucent medium
b) ABSORBANCE

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den·si·ty (denґsĭ-te) [L. densus dense] 1. the quality of being compact or dense. 2. quantity per unit space, e.g., the mass of matter per unit volume. Symbol ρ or d>. 3. the degree of darkening of exposed and processed photographic or x-ray film, expressed as the logarithm of the opacity of a given area of the film.

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