density

Other forms of density

plural

densities·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about density

What does density mean?

density means "the amount per unit size". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in density?

density has 3 syllables: den-si-ty. The stress falls on "den". In IPA it is /ˈdɛnsəti/.

What is another word for density?

Close synonyms include denseness, concentration, denseness, tightness, compactness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is density a common word?

density is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.