dense

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having relatively high density.
  2. Compact; crowded together.
  3. Thick; difficult to penetrate.
  4. Opaque; allowing little light to pass through.
  5. Obscure or difficult to understand.
  6. Such that its closure in T is T.
  7. Slow to comprehend; of low intelligence. (of a person)
noun
  1. A thicket.

Pronunciation

/dɛns/ en-us-dense.ogg

Word forms

dense denser densest denses

Etymology

From Middle French dense, from Latin dēnsus, from Proto-Indo-European *dens- (“thick, dense”) (whence also Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús)).

Translations

Danish: tæt Finnish: tiheä German: dicht Polish: gęsty Spanish: (subconjunto) denso
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