1. The quality of being dense, close, or thick; compactness; — opposed to rarity.
2. (Physics)
Defn: The ratio of mass, or quantity of matter, to bulk or volume, esp. as compared with the mass and volume of a portion of some substance used as a standard.
Note: For gases the standard substance is hydrogen, at a temperature of 0º Centigrade and a pressure of 760 millimeters. For liquids and solids the standard is water at a temperature of 4º Centigrade. The density of solids and liquids is usually called specific gravity, and the same is true of gases when referred to air as a standard.
3. (Photog.)
Defn: Depth of shade. Abney.
DENT
Dent, n. Etym: [A variant of Dint.]
1. A stroke; a blow. [Obs.] "That dent of thunder." Chaucer.
2. A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation. A blow that would have made a dent in a pound of butter. De Quincey.
DENT
Dent, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dented; p. pr. & vb. n. Denting.]