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surface density

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noun

Physics.
  1. quantity, as of electric charge, per unit surface area.


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As the CAR T cells slowly expand, the surface density of PEG becomes diluted, progressively restoring their ability to interact with other cells.

From Science Daily • Sep. 18, 2023

The 1980 Voyager flyby of Titan determined that the surface density of its atmosphere is four times greater than that on Earth.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

Or time itself might work on the unstable chemistry of a picture, fading it to ghostliness or burnishing it to the surface density of a Dutch master.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2013

Scanning electronic microscope images were used to determine both the surface density of the cubes after deposition on the layers and the size distribution of the cubes.

From Nature • Dec. 11, 2012

The sharper the curvature is, the greater the surface density will be.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

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