densification

American  

[dens-uh-fi-kay-shuhn] / ˌdɛns ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

noun

plural

densifications

1. the act or process of making or becoming denser, as a material substance, population, urban development, etc.

2. Statistics. Statistics. the process of filling in gaps in a visualization of data by various strategies, such as combining data from different sources or using calculations to project intervening data between established data points.

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Other Word Forms

• dedensification noun
• overdensification noun
• redensification noun

Example Sentences

“It’s the development question, the densification question, the gentrification question.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“It’s about really smart densification for the additional people that are moving in, and probably we’re going to have to retreat from various places,” Pincetl said.

From Los Angeles Times

The project breaks with the philosophy of the state’s housing policy, which has long been focused on urban densification.

From Los Angeles Times

Speaking from a housing development in London, Mr Sunak said the new funding for London would help drive densification and regenerate unused brownfield land.

From BBC

Japan’s dense, rapidly expanding cites needed further densification, and “Metabolists” like Mr. Isozaki believed that cellular biological growth provided a model for architecture.

From New York Times