crowdedness

noun

crowd·​ed·​ness ˈkrau̇-dəd-nəs How to pronounce crowdedness (audio)
: the quality or state of being crowded

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The image communicated a sense of crowdedness. — James Somers, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2022 That calculation relies on several assumptions, starting with estimates of the number and size distribution of space objects in the mid-1990s, extrapolating the increasing crowdedness of space since then, and guessing how reflective these objects would be on average. — Joshua Sokol, Science | AAAS, 28 Mar. 2021

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1823, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of crowdedness was in 1823

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crowdedness

noun
crowd·​ed·​ness ˈkrau̇d-əd-nəs How to pronounce crowdedness (audio)
: the state of being crowded
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