measurement
measuring
measure
mensuration | the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule, the measurements were carefully done, his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate |
| mental measurement | a generic term used to cover any application of measurement techniques to the quantification of mental functions |
density
denseness | the amount per unit size |
vapor density
vapour density | the density of a gas relative to the density of hydrogen |
| concentration density denseness tightness compactness | the spatial property of being crowded together |
flux density
flux | (physics) the number of changes in energy flow across a given surface per unit area |
optical density
transmission density
photographic density
absorbance | (physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation |
| rarity tenuity low density | a rarified quality, the tenuity of the upper atmosphere |
| relative density | the ratio of the density of something to the density of a standard |
magnetic field strength
magnetic intensity
magnetic induction
magnetic flux density | the amount of magnetic flux in a unit area perpendicular to the direction of magnetic flow |
system of measurement
metric | a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic |
unit of measurement
unit | any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange, the dollar is the United States unit of currency, a unit of wheat is a bushel, change per unit volume |
| flux density unit | a measure of the amount of flux per unit of cross sectional area |
scale scale of measurement
graduated table
ordered series | an ordered reference standard, judging on a scale of to |
gauge
standard of measurement | accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared |
high-density lipoprotein
HDL
alpha-lipoprotein | a lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood, composed of a high proportion of protein and relatively little cholesterol, high levels are thought to be associated with decreased risk of coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis |
low-density lipoprotein
LDL
beta-lipoprotein | a lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood, composed of moderate amount of protein and a large amount of cholesterol, high levels are thought to be associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis |
very low density lipoprotein
VLDL | large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides, VLDLs circulate through the blood giving up their triglycerides to fat and muscle tissue until the VLDL remnants are modified and converted into LDL |
| low-density(a) | having low concentration, low-density urban areas |
| low-density(p) | having low relative density or specific gravity |