tæthed

Danish

Etymology

tæt +‎ -hed. See tæt

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɛdˌheðˀ]

Noun

tæthed c (singular definite tætheden, plural indefinite tætheder)

  1. proximity, vicinity
    1. intimacy, affinity
    Synonym: nærhed
  2. density, compactness (people, objects or elements confined to a delimited area)
    1. (figurative) something that gives off a feeling of intensity, emotions (about a composition, work of art, etc.)
    2. (physics) measure of a given number of particles per unit volume in a substance, gas, etc.
    3. (statistics) expression of how frequently one or more outcomes occur in an observation, or of how a number of outcomes are distributed in an observation
  3. obstruction, hindrance (something that closes tightly and thus prevents flow, leakage, evaporation, etc.)
    Antonym: utæthed
  4. (physics) density
    Synonym: massefylde
  5. (rare) strong, muscular

Declension

Declension of tæthed
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tæthed tætheden tætheder tæthederne
genitive tætheds tæthedens tætheders tæthedernes

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