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Princeton's WordNet
dense, heavy, impenetrableadjective
permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
"dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"
dense, thickadjective
hard to pass through because of dense growth
"dense vegetation"; "thick woods"
denseadjective
having high relative density or specific gravity
"dense as lead"
dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slowadjective
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
"so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"
Wiktionary
denseadjective
Having relatively high density.
Etymology: From densus.
denseadjective
Compact; crowded together.
Etymology: From densus.
denseadjective
Thick; difficult to penetrate.
Etymology: From densus.
denseadjective
Opaque; allowing little light to pass through.
Etymology: From densus.
denseadjective
Obscure, or difficult to understand.
Etymology: From densus.
denseadjective
Being a subset of a topological space that approximates the space well. See Wikipedia article on s for mathematical definition.
Etymology: From densus.
denseadjective
Of a person, slow to comprehend; of low intelligence.
Etymology: From densus.
Webster Dictionary
Denseadjective
having the constituent parts massed or crowded together; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque; as, a dense crowd; a dense forest; a dense fog
Etymology: [L. densus; akin to Gr. thick with hair or leaves: cf. F. dense.]
Denseadjective
stupid; gross; crass; as, dense ignorance
Etymology: [L. densus; akin to Gr. thick with hair or leaves: cf. F. dense.]
Freebase
Dense
Dense is a 2004 American television short film directed and written by Vanessa Williams and Shari Poindexter, and aired on the TV channel Showtime.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Dense
dens, adj. thick, close, compact: impenetrably stupid.—n. a thicket.—adv. Dense′ly.—ns. Dense′ness; Dens′ity, the quality of being dense: the proportion of mass to bulk or volume: the quantity of matter per unit of bulk. [L. densus, thick.]
Entomology
Dense
thickly crowded together.
Anagrams for dense »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dense in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dense in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of dense in a Sentence
There is a benefit in being part of the engineering culture in the Valley ... a different sort of skill set that you acquire from being in senior positions or being around such a dense population of startups.
The population is dense, but at the same time they're everywhere -- up in the mountains, down in the valleys, with landslides, the situation is even worse.
As we learn more about it, we know that the web of connections between people on Trump’s team and Russian representatives just gets more and more dense.
The more dense you could make your eyelashes, the better it would be.
Those types of items are really nutrient dense, they have a good shelf life. If you're able to plan ahead, they're pretty versatile and you can use them in different ways. Almost at every meal you could incorporate those items.
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- كثيفArabic
- гъст, плътен, тъп, компактен, непрозрачен, глупавBulgarian
- densCatalan, Valencian
- hustýCzech
- tæt, kompaktDanish
- dichtGerman
- espeso, obscuro, denso, cabeza dura, compacto, enigmático, tupido, menso, macizoSpanish
- sankka, tiivis, tiheä, hämärä, pimeä, taajaFinnish
- dlúthIrish
- סתוםHebrew
- խիտ, թանձրArmenian
- denso, pastosoItalian
- 密, 濃いJapanese
- blīvsLatvian
- apiapi, whakaapiMāori
- збиен, густMacedonian
- tępy, zbity, gęsty, zwartyPolish
- ګڼ, ټينګPashto, Pushto
- denso, compactoPortuguese
- тупой, густой, плотный, компактный, непрозрачный, глупыйRussian
- tät, kompakt, trögSwedish
- yoğunTurkish
- đặcVietnamese
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