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dense
[ dens ]
adjective
- having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
a dense forest;
dense population.
Synonyms: impenetrable, teeming
- 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
/ dɛns /
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
- ˈdensely, adverb
- ˈdenseness, noun
Other Words From
- densely adverb
- denseness noun
- non·denseness noun
- super·dense adjective
- ultra·dense adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of dense1
Word History and Origins
Origin of dense1
Example Sentences
On Friday morning, a pair of sheriff’s deputies scrambled up a hillside in Camarillo Heights after residents noticed smoke billowing out of dense brush.
Beverly Hills A dense concentration of high-profile places to go and things to do in the Golden Triangle certainly make this swanky slice of Greater L.A. seem walkable.
You could spend days under your headphones unraveling the dense weave of riffs, licks, rhythms and languages in this song.
The smog crisis is worse in winter, when cold, denser air traps pollutants closer to the ground.
Her rug collection is inspired by Nigeria's diverse terrain - rolling hills, winding rivers, sprawling savannahs and dense forests, and reminds me of the view from planes.
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