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The term “density” is employed with remarkable versatility in literature, serving both as a precise scientific measure and as a richly evocative metaphor. In scientific and technical texts, authors use density to denote exact measurements and relationships—for example, specific values of liquids and solids are recorded with precision ([1], [2], [3], [4]), while Newton and Jefferson explore density’s role in physical phenomena, such as the behavior of vapors or fluids ([5], [6], [7], [8]). In contrast, literary works harness the word’s qualitative power to set a scene or evoke emotion; Dickens and Hugo, for instance, describe the physical obscurity provided by the “density” of shrubbery or night to create a sense of mystery and concealment ([9], [10]). Similarly, density is used to depict the compactness of social groups or natural landscapes, underlining how tightly elements—whether people or trees—are packed together ([11], [12], [13], [14]). This dual usage, spanning rigorous scientific discourse and vibrant narrative imagery, highlights the adaptability of “density” in enriching both analytical and creative writing.
  1. The seeds yield on distillation a yellow essential oil with a strong and disagreeable odor, density 0.908.
    — from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera
  2. It has an agreeable odor resembling that of sweet almonds, its density is 0.9148 at 25°
    — from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera
  3. Its density is 0.961, it melts at 30°–33°, and solidifies at 25°.
    — from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera
  4. A dark oil is expressed from the seeds, its density 0.954 and its solidifying point 5° above zero.
    — from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera
  5. Density of vapors.
    — from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
  6. I say therefore, that the Square of the Line BR, and by consequence the refracting Force of the Body, is very nearly as the density of the same Body.
    — from Opticks : by Isaac Newton
  7. Density of projectiles.
    — from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
  8. And for these Reasons the Density of fluid Mediums is very nearly proportional to their Resistance.
    — from Opticks : by Isaac Newton
  9. In such condition, Mrs. Sparsit stood hidden in the density of the shrubbery, considering what next?
    — from Hard Times by Charles Dickens
  10. Invisible combatants were entrenched at every corner of the street; snares of the sepulchre concealed in the density of night.
    — from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
  11. The cause of their apparent rarity is to be sought in the sameness and density of the thousand miles of forest which constitute their dwelling-place.
    — from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
  12. It required a high population density to supply them, and while Kardon was integrated its population was scarcely more than two hundred million.
    — from The Lani People by Jesse F. Bone
  13. A density of population implies a severer struggle for existence, and a consequent repulsion of elements brought into too close contact.
    — from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Earl of Beaconsfield Benjamin Disraeli
  14. But natural forest do not grow in rows, whereas they do generally possess the quality of density or compactness.] 18.
    — from The Art of War by active 6th century B.C. Sunzi

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