dense in English dictionary

  • dense

    Meanings and definitions of "dense"

    • Having relatively high density.
    • Compact; crowded together.
    • Thick; difficult to penetrate.
    • 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.
    • adjective
      Having relatively high density.
    • adjective
      Compact; crowded together.
    • adjective
      Thick; difficult to penetrate.
    • adjective
      Opaque; allowing little light to pass through.
    • adjective
      Obscure, or difficult to understand.
    • adjective
      (mathematics, topology)
      Being a subset of a topological space that approximates the space well. See Wikipedia article on dense sets for mathematical definition.
    • adjective
      Of a person, slow to comprehend; of low intelligence.
    • having relatively high density
    • compact; crowded together
    • thick; difficult to penetrate
    • opaque; allowing little light to pass through
    • obscure, or difficult to understand
    • math: being a well-approximating subset
    • slow to comprehend; of low intelligence
    • Consisting of components very close to each other.
    • Consisting of many people very close to each other.
    • adjective
      hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense vegetation"; "thick woods"
    • adjective
      having high relative density or specific gravity; "dense as lead"
    • adjective
      permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"
    • adjective
      slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"

    Synonyms of "dense" in English dictionary

    compact, thick, dull are the top synonyms of "dense" in the English thesaurus.

    • compact · thick · dull · obtuse · concentrated · heavy · slow · dumb · impenetrable · stupid · dim
    • thick

      hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense vegetation"; "thick woods"

    • heavy · impenetrable

      permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"

    • dim · dull · dumb · obtuse · slow

      slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"

    Grammar and declension of dense

    • dense ( comparative denser, superlative densest)
    • st. wyższy  stopień wyższy denser; st. najwyższy  stopień najwyższy densest
    • dense (comparative denser, superlative densest)
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