low density
Few per volume
Low density describes something with relatively little mass or few units packed into a given space.
Materials of low density float on denser ones: Styrofoam has low density compared to water.
In urban planning, low-density development means fewer buildings or people per acre—suburbs versus downtown.
The term appears in technical contexts like low-density lipoprotein (LDL cholesterol) and computing, where it describes sparse data storage.
- sparseThinly scattered or distributed
- thinSmall in diameter
- thin airSeeming nothingness
- scatteredSpread irregularly about
- scattered cloudsIntermittent sky coverage
porous · airy · light as air · lightweight · foam · packing peanuts · aerogel · diffuse · rarefied · wispy · hollow · buoyant · fluffy · cotton candy · angel food · ethereal · gossamer · spacious
- SaturnSaturn, rings, Titan, Enceladus, Tethys
- suburbiasuburb, suburbs, suburbia, burbs, subdivision
- densityspecific gravity, concentration, compactness, thickness, densitometer
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Mass packed tightly together
dense · compressed · compact · heavy · solid
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Mass packed tightly together
densely populated · crowded · packed · congested · urban
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Mass packed tightly together
compressed · high-resolution · detailed · complex · dense
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