dense

Meaning

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. Being a subset of a topological space that approximates the space well. See the Wikipedia article on dense sets for a mathematical definition.
7. Slow to comprehend; of low intelligence. (of a person)

become thick

thick-set

become dense

tightly packed

be dense

be stupid

very compact

very thick

tightly knit

close formation

soft-witted

be impenetrable

dead from the neck up

very tight

dark dull

not thin

strict compact

closely-pressed together

close packing

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɛns/

From Middle French dense, from Latin dēnsus, from Proto-Indo-European *dens- (“thick, dense”).

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