#321. Density..
— N. density, solidity; solidness &c. adj.;
impenetrability, impermeability; incompressibility;
imporosity[obs3]; cohesion &c. 46; constipation, consistence,
spissitude|.
specific gravity; hydrometer,
areometer[obs3].
condensation; caseation[obs3];
solidation[obs3], solidification;
consolidation; concretion, coagulation; petrification
&c. (hardening) 323; crystallization, precipitation;
deposit, precipitate; inspissation[obs3]; gelation,
thickening &c. v.
indivisibility, indiscerptibility[obs3],
insolubility,
indissolvableness.
solid body, mass, block,
knot, lump; concretion, concrete,
conglomerate; cake, clot, stone, curd, coagulum; bone,
gristle, cartilage; casein, crassamentum|; legumin[obs3].
superdense matter, condensed
states of matter; dwarf star, neutron
star.
V. be dense &c. adj.;
become solid, render solid &c. adj.; solidify,
solidate[obs3]; concrete, set, take a set, consolidate,
congeal, coagulate; curd, curdle; lopper; fix, clot,
cake, candy, precipitate, deposit, cohere, crystallize;
petrify &c. (harden) 323.
condense, thicken, gel,
inspissate[obs3], incrassate[obs3]; compress,
squeeze, ram down, constipate.
Adj. dense, solid; solidified
&c. v.; caseous; pukka[obs3]; coherent,
cohesive &c. 46; compact, close, serried, thickset;
substantial, massive, lumpish[obs3]; impenetrable,
impermeable, nonporous, imporous[obs3]; incompressible;
constipated; concrete &c. (hard) 323; knotted, knotty;
gnarled; crystalline, crystallizable; thick, grumous|,
stuffy.
undissolved, unmelted[obs3],
unliquefied[obs3], unthawed[obs3].
indivisible, indiscerptible[obs3],
infrangible[obs3],
indissolvable[obs3], indissoluble, insoluble, infusible.
#322. Rarity. —
N. rarity, tenuity; absence of solidity &c. 321;
subtility[obs3]; subtilty[obs3], subtlety; sponginess,
compressibility.
rarefaction, expansion,
dilatation, inflation, subtilization[obs3].
vaporization, evaporation,
diffusion, gassification[obs3].
ether &c. (gas) 334.
V. rarefy, expand, dilate,
subtilize[obs3].
Adj. rare, subtile,
thin, fine, tenuous, compressible, flimsy, slight;
light &c. 320; cavernous, spongy &c. (hollow) 252.
rarefied &c. v.; unsubstantial;
uncompact[obs3], incompressed[obs3];
rarefiable[obs3].
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#323. Hardness.
— N. hardness &c. adj.; rigidity; renitence[obs3],
renitency; inflexibility, temper, callosity, durity
[obs3].
induration, petrifaction;
lapidification[obs3], lapidescence[obs3];
vitrification, ossification; crystallization.
stone, pebble, flint,
marble, rock, fossil, crag, crystal, quartz,
granite, adamant; bone, cartilage; hardware; heart
of oak, block, board, deal board; iron, steel; cast
iron, decarbonized iron, wrought iron; nail; brick,
concrete; cement.


