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densification

densification

1 8.4
The act of making something more dense by adding more people, buildings, or tiny parts
  • noun
  • /ˌdɛn.sɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : densificación
  • The cleaned and dried foam is then fed into a baler for densification and shipment.

So we've got the moduli, we've got the three compressive strengths, and we've got the densification strain.

Examples

  • Mechanical loading leads to densification of the powder by volume reduction.

    Academic text (2018)
  • As a result, Oregon is virtually the only place in the nation to have reversed the trend toward sprawl in favor of urban densification.

    Academic text (2001)
  • I am writing not from New York but from Vancouver, Canada, where we have witnessed similar densification on a smaller scale.

    Blog text (9)
  • Applied mechanical loading facilitates the powder compaction and densification during the sintering process.

    Academic text (2018)
  • The assembly was then subjected to a series of carbonization and densification steps involving heating to 1,600 degrees F, followed by impregnation with resin.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Catrel, a privately held resource recovery company, develops, builds, owns, and operates solid-waste recycling and densification plants that produce environmentally beneficial fuel products.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Understanding the mechanisms behind the densification and microstructural evolution during the sintering process is of immense importance to evaluate the usability and performance of the final sintered materials in various applications.

    Academic text (2018)
  • No efficient schemes, incremental or not, are apt to prosper without two other simultaneous changes: (a) densification, probably largely by infilling our existing sprawls; and (b) an end to adding and widening highways.

    Academic text (2001)
  • The city implemented a zoning plan to encourage the densification of housing in urban areas, allowing more families to live close to the center.

  • The researcher studied the densification of materials under pressure to improve their strength and durability.

Synonyms

compression
vsdensification
42 4.0

Pressing something so it becomes smaller and denser

is broader covering any density increase beyond forceful squeezing
thickening
vsdensification
4 4.6

The process or result of something becoming more dense

is about density increase generally not only change in thickness
compaction
vsdensification
1 6.5

Making soil or material denser by pressing it together

is a broad density increase not restricted to packing methods
condensing
vsdensification
1 4.9

Making something smaller or more compact by reducing its volume

is the general process of increasing density across materials and fields

How Dense

consolidation
  • Specialized
1 6.7
compaction
1 6.5
densification
  • Specialized
1 8.4
loosening
6 3.4
rarefaction
  • Specialized
1 9.9

Surface Forms

densification singular

Morphology

densification = densify (transparent) = dense + ify + ation

Formed from the verb 'densify' with the noun-forming suffix '-ation', so the process meaning is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word densification comes from dense, meaning 'thick' or 'closely packed', plus the part -fication, which means 'making'. So, densification is the process of making something more 'dense', for example putting more people and buildings into a city or making a material more tightly packed.