dense
[ dens ]
/ dɛns /
adjective, dens·er, dens·est.
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact: a dense forest; dense population.
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.
Origin of dense
1590–1600; < Latin
dēnsus thick; cognate with Greek
dasýs
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British Dictionary definitions for densely
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 of dense
densely, adverb denseness, nounWord Origin for dense
C15: from Latin
densus thick; related to Greek
dasus thickly covered with hair or leaves