dense

dense

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /dɛns/
  • Rhymes: -ɛns

Adjective

dense (comparative denser, superlative densest)

  1. Having relatively high density.
    Synonym: solid
  2. Compact; crowded together.
    Synonyms: compact, crowded, packed; see also Thesaurus:compact
    Antonyms: diffuse; see also Thesaurus:diffuse
  3. Thick; difficult to penetrate.
    Synonyms: thick, solid
    Antonym: thin
  4. Opaque; allowing little light to pass through.
    Synonyms: cloudy, opaque; see also Thesaurus:opaque
    Antonyms: clear, diaphanous, see-through, translucent, transparent; see also Thesaurus:transparent, Thesaurus:translucent
  5. Obscure, or difficult to understand.
    Synonyms: abstruse, difficult, hard, incomprehensible, obscure, tough; see also Thesaurus:incomprehensible
    Antonyms: clear, comprehensible, easy, simple, straightforward, understandable; see also Thesaurus:comprehensible
  6. (mathematics, topology) Being a subset of a topological space that approximates the space well. See the Wikipedia article on dense sets for a mathematical definition.
    Antonym: meager
  7. Slow to comprehend; of low intelligence. (of a person)
    Synonyms: dumb, slow, stupid, thick; see also Thesaurus:stupid
    Antonyms: bright, canny, intelligent, quick, quick-witted, smart; see also Thesaurus:intelligent

Antonyms

  • (crowded together): diffuse, few and far between (of things as opposed to one thing), scattered, sparse, rarefied (scientific, to describe gases)

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

dense (plural denses)

  1. A thicket.

Anagrams

  • Denes, Edens, Sneed, denes, edens, needs, sende, sneed

Esperanto

Etymology

From densa +‎ -e.

Adverb

dense

  1. densely

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēnsus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɑ̃s/

Adjective

dense (plural denses)

  1. dense

Related terms

  • condenser
  • densité

Further reading

  • “dense”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Adjective

dense f pl

  1. feminine plural of denso

Latin

Etymology

From dēnsus (dense, close, frequent) +‎ (adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈden.seː/, [ˈd̪ẽːs̠eː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈden.se/, [ˈd̪ɛnse]

Adverb

dēnsē (comparative dēnsius, superlative dēnsissimē)

  1. closely, in rapid succession

Related terms

References

  • dense”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dense”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dense in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Spanish

Verb

dense

  1. third-person plural imperative of dar combined with se

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