Definition of "energy density" []

• The energy per unit volume of a region of space. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Three main food components determine energy density ED:11"
• "For those who really want to know what “energy density” means, here you go: energy density is “the number of kilojoules per unit weight of food, ranging from 0 to 37 kJ/g of food.”"
• "Whereas energy density refers to the number of calories per unit of food weight, volumetrics is the idea that foods larger in size take up more space in your stomach."