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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 51Թ Forms
- Բl adverb
- Բn noun
- non·Բn noun
- p·Բ adjective
- ܱt·Բ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of dense1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of dense1
Example Sentences
If I were to guess, I'd say the M88 was probably lost at night when visibility was poor, and the road through a dense forest was unmarked.
Acting as a dense net, they trap microplastics and lock them away in the sediment.
Strong winds, dense forest and unusually dry weather - that's the deadly combination that experts say is fuelling the largest wildfires in South Korea's history.
One of the most multifaceted ingredients, it's a multi-layered bulb around a dense core with sprouting stalks and frilly fronds.
His feed included images from the treacherous Darien Gap, the dense jungle separating Colombia and Panama.
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