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dense
[ dens ]
adjective
- having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
a dense forest;
dense population.
Synonyms: ,
- 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.
dense
/ ɛԲ /
adjective
- thickly crowded or closely set
a dense crowd
- thick; impenetrable
a 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
- ˈԲ, adverb
- ˈԲԱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- Բl adverb
- Բn noun
- non·Բn noun
- p·Բ adjective
- ܱt·Բ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of dense1
Word History and Origins
Origin of dense1
Example Sentences
But just when the central characters’ fascinating messiness achieves peak interest, you realize this movie’s earnest commercial shimmer is never going to segue into a denser, darker poetry.
A stretch of a highway near the capital, Delhi, stands as a stark example - a road slicing through dense settlements on both sides without safety measures to protect residents.
As the Earth passes through the densest part of the dust stream more meteors are visible.
When it was time for them to all head over to the stage, they moved in a dense pack where Junior H was barely visible.
This project follows the dangerous journeys of migrants crossing the Darién Gap, a 100-kilometre stretch of dense jungle between Colombia and Panama.
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