densify
Americanverb (used with object)
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to make or become denser.
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to impregnate (wood) with additives under heat and pressure in order to achieve greater density and hardness.
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Statistics. to fill 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.
Other Word Forms
- densification noun
- densifier noun
Etymology
Origin of densify
Example Sentences
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“As the urban unincorporated area has continued to densify, we’ve looked at ourselves and said, ‘Oh wow, there’s several hundred thousand people here in the urban unincorporated area,’” he said.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2022
Jacquet explained that, during the 14th and 15th centuries, the city began to densify, and buildings began to multiply, particularly in the Vieux Lyon neighborhood, which abuts the River Saône.
From Washington Post • May 20, 2022
We’ve done better on the device side, but with infrastructure, you have to densify the network.
From The Verge • Jan. 11, 2022
The former dean of the architecture school, Jean-Claude Marsan, argued for the university to densify its existing campus rather than build a second one, out of fears the new campus wouldn’t be economically viable.
From The Guardian • Sep. 26, 2019
"You should be able to make ball bearings by molding, then densify them by electroplating."
From Junior Achievement by Schoenherr, John
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