1. A feeling of being intimate and belonging together; SYN. intimacy.
2. Characterized by a lack of openness, esp. about one's actions or purposes; SYN. secretiveness.
ETYM Latin constrictio: cf. French constriction.
1. A narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel; SYN. bottleneck.
2. The action or process of constricting or squeezing.
Mass per unit of volume of a substance. I.E. grams/cu.cm. or pounds/cu.ft.
Measure of the compactness of a substance; it is equal to its mass per unit volume and is measured in kg per cubic meter/lb per cubic foot. Density is a scalar quantity. The density D of a mass m occupying a volume V is given by the formula:
D = m/V
Relative density is the ratio of the density of a substance to that of water at 4şC.
In photography, density refers to the degree of opacity of a negative; in population studies, it is the quantity or number per unit of area; in electricity, current density is the amount of current passing through a cross-sectional area of a conductor in a given amount of time (usually given in amperes per sq in or per sq cm).
State of being narrow; lack of breadth
ETYM AS. nearunes.
The property of being narrow.
Lack of movement or room for movement; SYN. tautness.