pyknon

Meaning

1. The lower part of a tetrachord in Ancient Greek music, consisting of a composite interval (two successive intervals) that is less than the remaining (incomposite) interval.
2. Condensation, density.
3. A nonrandom pattern of repeated elements, which are found more frequently in the 3′ untranslated regions of genes than in other regions of the human genome. Although it is unclear how pyknons might have arisen, it is possible that they may be involved in a new form of gene regulation.

Synonyms

concentration

density

spissitude

mass density

Translations

كثافة

densitat

Raumgewicht

Schwärzung

Massendichte

πυκνότητα

πυκνότητα/ειδικό βάρος

densité

masse volumique

densità

densitas

concentratie

soortelijk gewicht

soortelijke massa

densiteit

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πυκνόν (puknón), form of Ancient Greek πυκνός (puknós, “dense, compressed”).