RELATIVE DENSITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does relative density mean? 

• RELATIVE DENSITY (noun)
  The noun RELATIVE DENSITY has 1 sense:

1. the ratio of the density of something to the density of a standard

  Familiarity information: RELATIVE DENSITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RELATIVE DENSITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The ratio of the density of something to the density of a standard

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("relative density" is a kind of...):

denseness; density (the amount per unit size)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "relative density"):

specific gravity (the density of a substance relative to the density of water)

vapor density; vapour density (the density of a gas relative to the density of hydrogen)

 Context examples 

Having high relative density or specific gravity; permitting little if any light to pass through.

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