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fate | density |

As a proper noun fate

is any one of the fates.

As a noun density is

(physics) a measure of the amount of matter contained by a given volume.

fate

English

(wikipedia fate)

Noun

  • The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
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  • Captain Edward Carlisle; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate' which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that ' fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
  • The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause.
  • Destiny; often with a connotation of death, ruin, misfortune, etc.
  • (lb) (one of the goddesses said to control the destiny of human beings).
  • Synonyms

    * destiny * doom * fortune * kismet * lot * necessity * orlay * predestination * wyrd

    Antonyms

    * choice * free will * freedom

    Derived terms

    * fatal * fatalism * fatality * tempt fate

    See also

    * determinism * indeterminism

    Verb

    (fat)
  • To foreordain or predetermine, to make inevitable.
  • The oracle's prediction fated Oedipus to kill his father; not all his striving could change what would occur.
  • * 2011 , James Al-Shamma, Sarah Ruhl: A Critical Study of the Plays (page 119)
  • At the conclusion of this part, Eric, who plays Jesus and is now a soldier, captures Violet in the forest, fating her to a concentration camp.

    Usage notes

    * In some uses this may imply it causes the inevitable event.

    Anagrams

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    density

    Noun

    (densities)
  • (physics) A measure of the amount of matter contained by a given volume.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author=Kevin Heng
  • , title= Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets Easily? , volume=101, issue=3, page=184, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter. Their densities range from that of styrofoam to iron.}}
  • (senseid)The ratio of one quantity to that of another quantity.
  • (senseid)The probability that an event will occur, as a function of some observed variable.
  • Derived terms

    * charge density * energy density * electron density * freight density

    Anagrams

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