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dense

[dens]

adjective

denser, densest 
  1. having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact.

    a dense forest;

    dense population.

    Synonyms: ,
  2. stupid; slow-witted; dull.

  3. intense; extreme.

    dense ignorance.

  4. relatively opaque; transmitting little light, as a photographic negative, optical glass, or color.

  5. difficult to understand or follow because of being closely packed with ideas or complexities of style.

    a dense philosophical essay.

  6. Mathematics.of or relating to a subset of a topological space in which every neighborhood of every point in the space contains at least one point of the subset.



dense

/ ɛԲ /

adjective

  1. thickly crowded or closely set

    a dense crowd

  2. thick; impenetrable

    a dense fog

  3. physics having a high density

  4. stupid; dull; obtuse

  5. (of a photographic negative) having many dark or exposed areas

  6. (of an optical glass, colour, etc) transmitting little or no light

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Other Word Forms

  • densely adverb
  • denseness noun
  • nondenseness noun
  • superdense adjective
  • ultradense adjective
  • ˈԲ adverb
  • ˈԲԱ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dense1

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Latin ŧԲܲ “thick”; cognate with Greek 岹ý
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dense1

C15: from Latin densus thick; related to Greek dasus thickly covered with hair or leaves
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Then the wind shifted slightly, and the dense gray smoke that had been billowing harmlessly up the slope turned and engulfed me.

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The operation began early on the morning of 6 January 2024 under a dense fog.

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Dark, dense clouds of smoke had engulfed the room.

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It has more than 550 miles of hiking trails, including several treks where you can find yourself in solitude in dense conifer forests with sweeping mountain views.

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Stone wove drum machines into the dense thickets of sound.

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