What does dense mean?
Definitions for dense
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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.
denseadjective
Compact; crowded together.
denseadjective
Thick; difficult to penetrate.
denseadjective
Opaque; allowing little light to pass through.
denseadjective
Obscure, or difficult to understand.
denseadjective
Being a subset of a topological space that approximates the space well. See Wikipedia article on s for mathematical definition.
denseadjective
Of a person, slow to comprehend; of low intelligence.
Etymology: From densus.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
DENSEadjective
Close; compact; approaching to solidity; having small interstices between the constituent particles.
Etymology: densus, Latin.
The cause of cold is the density of the body; for all dense bodies are colder than most other bodies, as metals, stone, glass; and they are longer in heating than softer bodies. Francis Bacon.
In the air the higher you go, the less it is compressed, and consequently the less dense it is; and so the upper part is exceedingly thinner than the lower part which we breathe. John Locke.
ChatGPT
dense
Dense generally refers to the degree of compactness or concentration of something. It could be referring to an object or substance having parts or elements closely packed together, an area filled with people or things, or a text that is difficult to understand due to complexity. The specific meaning often depends on the context in which it is used.
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
Denseadjective
stupid; gross; crass; as, dense ignorance
Etymology: [L. densus; akin to Gr. thick with hair or leaves: cf. F. dense.]
Wikidata
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.
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Anagrams for dense »
denes
needs
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
The fact is that a lot of these white non-college voters who are living in dense areas are living in areas that are working, where economic mobility is feasible, and that takes the edge off of their cultural conservatism.
When galaxies collide, the gas they contain becomes extremely dense and can trigger concentrated beams of light to shoot out.
Engagement is the make or break for any program like this, something dense like cybersecurity may have more issue in adapting content to a visual-first medium than something like biology.
About 900 million years ago, this black hole ate a very dense star, known as a neutron star, like Pac-man -- possibly snuffing out the star instantly, the ANU SkyMapper Telescope responded to the detection alert and scanned the entire likely region of space where the event occurred, but we've not found any visual confirmation.
There is a big population, dense population in Beira, of course any spread of any kind of epidemic will be a lot quicker here.
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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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