dense meaning
EN[dɛns] [-ɛns]US
FR dense
- AdjectiveCOMdenserSUPdensestPREdé-
- Having relatively high density.
- Compact; crowded together.
- Thick; difficult to penetrate.
- And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.
- Opaque; allowing little light to pass through.
- Obscure, or difficult to understand.
- (mathematics, topology) Being a subset of a topological space that approximates the space well. See Wikipedia article on dense sets for mathematical definition.
- Of a person, slow to comprehend; of low intelligence.
- Having relatively high density.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- He applied its dense tweediness to an essentially realist armature, maintaining a stylistic consistency that stands out here.
- Young, dense seed mussels are dredged up and relaid in more sheltered areas, where they will not be destroyed by storms.
- Since other dense anatomical structures are around and in contact the EC, the EC was defined to exclude the dorsal endopiriform nucleus and the piriform cortex.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- Called khubz, the bread is about the size of pita but much denser.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of dense in English Dictionary
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