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PRONUNCIATION OF RELATIVE DENSITY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RELATIVE DENSITY

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Relative density is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RELATIVE DENSITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Relative density

Relative density, or specific gravity, is the ratio of the density of a substance to the density of a given reference material. Specific gravity usually means relative density with respect to water. The term "relative density" is often preferred in modern scientific usage. If a substance's relative density is less than one then it is less dense than the reference; if greater than 1 then it is denser than the reference. If the relative density is exactly 1 then the densities are equal; that is, equal volumes of the two substances have the same mass. If the reference material is water then a substance with a relative density less than 1 will float in water. For example, an ice cube, with a relative density of about 0.91, will float. A substance with a relative density greater than 1 will sink. Temperature and pressure must be specified for both the sample and the reference. Pressure is nearly always 1 atm equal to 101.325 kPa. Where it is not, it is more usual to specify the density directly. Temperatures for both sample and reference vary from industry to industry. In British brewing practice the specific gravity as specified above is multiplied by 1000.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RELATIVE DENSITY

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WORDS THAT END LIKE RELATIVE DENSITY

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Synonyms and antonyms of relative density in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «relative density» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RELATIVE DENSITY

Find out the translation of relative density to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of relative density from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «relative density» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

相对密度
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

densidad relativa
570 millions of speakers

English

relative density
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सापेक्ष घनत्व
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الكثافة النسبية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

относительная плотность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

densidade relativa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আপেক্ষিক ঘনত্ব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

densité relative
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ketumpatan relatif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

relative Dichte
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

相対密度
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

상대 밀도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Densitas relatif
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mật độ tương đối
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உறவினர் அடர்த்தி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सापेक्ष घनता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Bağıl yoğunluk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

densità relativa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gęstość względna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відносна щільність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

densitatea relativă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σχετική πυκνότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

relatiewe digtheid
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

relativ densitet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

relativ tetthet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of relative density

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RELATIVE DENSITY»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about relative density

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RELATIVE DENSITY»

Discover the use of relative density in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to relative density and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Foundation Engineering Handbook
Burmister (1948) showed that the relative density of non- cohesive soils was a more significant parameter than dry density alone insofar as engineering properties of the soil are concerned. His work has been verified and extended by other ...
Hsai-Yang Fang, 1990
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Practical Density Measurement and Hydrometry
A relative density bottle and a pyknometer are essentially one and the same thing , both being content measures of known but constant capacity, the difference lies only in their shape. The shape of a pyknometer may change depending upon ...
S.V Gupta, 2002
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Forest Mensuration
When expressed in this form, it should be clear that relative density exists as a term transitional between stand density and stocking as above. 8-5.1 Relative Density For many forestry purposes, volume has been the ultimate expression of  ...
Bertram Husch, Thomas W. Beers, John A. Kershaw, Jr., 2002
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The Ecology and Silviculture of Oaks
Measures of relative density provide additional information by comparing an absolute density to a reference value. An example of a measure of relative density is the ratio of the number of trees of a given species per acre to the total number of ...
Paul S. Johnson, Stephen R. Shifley, Robert Rogers, 2009
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The International Pharmacopoeia
For pharmacopoeial purposes the mass density of liquids is not measured directly but calculated from their relative density. The relative density d2020 is the ratio of the mass of the substance in air at 20°C to that of an equal volume of water at ...
‎2006
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Polymer Technology Dictionary
This solid material has a melting point of approximately l06°C and a relative density (RD or SG) of approximately l-26. An ultraaccelerator for the sulphur vulcanization of rubbers, especially for latices. A very safe processing compound. zinc ...
Tony Whelan, 1994
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Dynamic Geotechnical Testing
Throughout this paper, reference is made to in situ density and in situ relative density. Whenever possible, in situ density is discussed because of the many problems inherently associated with relative-density determinations. Indications [ 1-7]2 ...
Drew A. Tiedemann, 1978
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Lunar Sourcebook: A User's Guide to the Moon
RELATIVE DENSITY, Dr = 0% RELATIVE DENSITY, Dr = 1 00% Fig. 9.17. Diagrams showing packing of ideal uniform spheres into two extreme configurations, together with the resulting values of porosity, void ratio, bulk density, and relative ...
Grant Heiken, David Vaniman, Bevan M. French, 1991
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A Complete Course in Certificate Physics
4-8 RELATIVE DENSITY AND LOSS IN WEIGHT Relative Density : The term relative density is an important physical property of a material body and it is defined as follows : Relative density of a substance is the ratio between the mass of ...
V. P. Bhatnagar, 1996
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Industrial Plastics: Theory and Applications
Example: relative density of PVC density of PVC I300kg/m' lOOOkg/m1 density of water = 1.3 The relative densities of a number of selected materials is given in Table 6-6. Notice that polyolefins have densities less than 1.0 which means they  ...
Terry L. Richardson, Erik Lokensgard, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RELATIVE DENSITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term relative density is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Invisible Gas Floating This Boat Might Get Injected In Your Eye
The difference is it's harder to get sulfur hexafluoride out of the lungs because of its relative density. It doesn't do any damage per se, but it can deprive people of ... «io9, Mar 15»
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Todd Bowles can't worry about the Patriots right now
While that's not a comment on the relative density of Rex Ryan and Todd Bowles, it does speak clearly to the way the former and current Jets coaches ... «NBCSports.com, Feb 15»
3
U.S. Sugar Maple Tree Distribution Expands with Warmer …
analyzed changes in sugar maple basal area, relative frequency, relative density, relative importance values, diameter distributions, and the ratio of sapling ... «Cato Institute, Jan 15»
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The One-Day-a-Year Fitness Plan
It feels a little lighter in the ocean, thanks to the relative density of water, but it's still a heavy-ass rock. Korver is treading water above me. I drop the boulder ... «Outside Magazine, Dec 14»
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Saturn's Rings Caught Streaking in NASA Photos
The relative density of material in the ring plane makes the rings appear solid from far away. Saturn's rings extend 170,000 miles wide (273,600 km), but only 30 ... «Yahoo News, Dec 14»
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Spooky experiments help teach science at Trinity Academy
Working on a density test are from left, Katelynn Pinkey, Dewey Maggard, and ... static electricity, relative density, exploding rainbows and the making of slime. «Republican & Herald, Nov 14»
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Stop obsessing over transistor counts: It's a terrible way of …
Unfortunately, out of all the ways to compare the output of two foundries, transistor counts (and associated derivations of relative density) is one of the worst. «ExtremeTech, Sep 14»
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Focus Delivers Initial Resource Estimate for Bayovar 12, Peru; 115 …
As reliable relative density data was not available for the phosphorite or ... time the model and resource estimate were prepared, a global default relative density ... «MarketWatch, Sep 14»
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Urban Sprawl in the US: The 10 Worst Offenders
... of how well different functions are mixed together; activity centering, a measure of the relative density of the city's downtown area relative to surrounding areas; ... «ArchDaily, Apr 14»
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How To Make a Multi-Layered Drink
The secret sauce that makes these layered drinks work is specific gravity, or what's more commonly known as "relative density." It refers to the mass of a unit of ... «Gizmodo, Jun 13»

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