GLOSSARY

Semantic Density

IN ONE SENTENCE

Semantic density is how much useful information a given length of text carries.

Semantic density is how much useful information a given length of text carries.

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In detail

Too low — padding and adjectives — and passage retrieval takes a paragraph with nothing in it. Too high — jargon with no explanation — and the semantic position blurs. A workable test: pull any paragraph out and ask whether it answers one specific question on its own.

Updated 2026-08-06