dense
[ dens ]
/ dɛns /
adjective, dens·er, dens·est.
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact: a dense forest; dense population.
stupid; slow-witted; dull.
intense; extreme: dense ignorance.
relatively opaque; transmitting little light, as a photographic negative, optical glass, or color.
difficult to understand or follow because of being closely packed with ideas or complexities of style: a dense philosophical essay.
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.
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Origin of dense
1590–1600; <Latin dēnsus thick; cognate with Greek dasýs
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dense
/ (dɛns) /
adjective
thickly crowded or closely seta dense crowd
thick; impenetrablea dense fog
physics having a high density
stupid; dull; obtuse
(of a photographic negative) having many dark or exposed areas
(of an optical glass, colour, etc) transmitting little or no light
Derived forms of dense
densely, adverbdenseness, nounWord Origin for dense
C15: from Latin densus thick; related to Greek dasus thickly covered with hair or leaves
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