Definition:Equidensity Surface
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Definition
An equidensity surface is an equal surface $S$ embedded in a body $B$ with respect to a density field within $B$.
That is, it is a surface $S$ embedded in $B$ on which the (mass) density is equal throughout $S$.
Also known as
An equidensity surface can also be seen hyphenated: equi-density surface.
Sources
- 1951: B. Hague: An Introduction to Vector Analysis (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text I$: Definitions. Elements of Vector Algebra: $5$. Scalar and Vector Fields