Symbols:Greek/Rho/Mass Density

Mass Density

$\rho$

Used to denote the (mass) density of a given body:

$\rho = \dfrac m V$

where:

$m$ is the body's mass

$V$ is the body's volume

The $\LaTeX$ code for \(\rho\) is \rho .

Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): density: 1.
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): density: 1.