Spinoza [any] to Science • 4 years agoit really bothers me that there's no good, clear term for the opposite of physical densitymessage-squaremessage-square8 fedilinkarrow-up19file-text
arrow-up19message-squareit really bothers me that there's no good, clear term for the opposite of physical densitySpinoza [any] to Science • 4 years agomessage-square8 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
"rare" is probably the closest i guess? iirc that's mostly for gasses and to my knowledge isn't used by us laypeople
minus-squareemizeko [they/them]hexbear3·edit-24 years agophysical density is a scalar quantity (ratio), it doesn't have an opposite really like the others said sparse is a pretty good opposite for dense though link
minus-squareSpinoza [any]hexagonhexbear2·edit-24 years agoi mean "less dense" is an easily identifiable concept, no? i just want one word that means those two. sparse might be good enough link
minus-squareemizeko [they/them]hexbear2·edit-24 years agothere's "rarefied" but it's a bit niche. first def in Webster at least is "being less dense" link
minus-squareSpinoza [any]hexagonhexbear2·4 years agoooh right, sam roberts uses it in that way in a song. i think i like that one best link
physical density is a scalar quantity (ratio), it doesn't have an opposite really
like the others said sparse is a pretty good opposite for dense though
i mean "less dense" is an easily identifiable concept, no? i just want one word that means those two. sparse might be good enough
there's "rarefied" but it's a bit niche. first def in Webster at least is "being less dense"
ooh right, sam roberts uses it in that way in a song. i think i like that one best