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dense (d

ns)

adj. dens·er, dens·est

a. Having relatively high density.

b. Crowded closely together; compact: a dense population.

2. Hard to penetrate; thick: a dense jungle.

a. Permitting little light to pass through, because of compactness of matter: dense glass; a dense fog.

b. Opaque, with good contrast between light and dark areas. Used of a photographic negative.

4. Difficult to understand because of complexity or obscurity: a dense novel.

5. Slow to apprehend; thickheaded.

[Middle English, from Latin dnsus.]

densely adv.

denseness n.

dense [dɛns]

adj

1. thickly crowded or closely set a dense crowd

2. thick; impenetrable a dense fog

3. (Physics / General Physics) Physics having a high density

4. stupid; dull; obtuse

5. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) (of a photographic negative) having many dark or exposed areas

6. (Physics / General Physics) (of an optical glass, colour, etc.) transmitting little or no light

[from Latin densus thick; related to Greek dasus thickly covered with hair or leaves]

densely adv

denseness n

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Adj.	1.	dense - permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom" impenetrable, heavy thick - relatively dense in consistency; "thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog"
	2.	dense - hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense vegetation"; "thick woods" thick impenetrable - not admitting of penetration or passage into or through; "an impenetrable fortress"; "impenetrable rain forests"
	3.	dense - having high relative density or specific gravity; "dense as lead" heavy - of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogany furniture"
	4.	dense - 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" dumb, slow, obtuse, dim, dull stupid - lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity

dense

adjective

1. thick, close, heavy, solid, substantial, compact, compressed, condensed, impenetrable, close-knit, thickset a large, dense forest
thick light, thin, scattered, transparent, sparse

2. heavy, thick, substantial, opaque, impenetrable, smoggy a dense column of smoke

3. obscure, deep, complex, profound, abstract, enigmatic, esoteric, incomprehensible, arcane, unfathomable, abstruse His prose is wordy and dense.

4. stupid (Informal) slow, thick, dull, dumb (informal), crass, dozy (Brit. informal), dozy (Brit. informal), stolid, dopey (informal), moronic, obtuse, brainless, blockheaded, braindead (informal), dumb-ass (informal), dead from the neck up (informal), thickheaded, blockish, dim-witted (informal), slow-witted, thick-witted He's not a bad man, just a bit dense.
stupid quick, bright, alert, clever, intelligent

Translations

dense [dens] ADJ (denser (compar) (densest (superl)))

1. (= thick) [forest, vegetation, fog] → denso, espeso; [crowd] → nutrido; [population] → denso

2. [Phys] [liquid, substance] → denso

3. [person] → corto de entendederas, duro de mollera

dense [ˈdɛns] adj

(= thick) [foliage, forest] → dense; [crowd] → dense; [smoke] → dense

(= stupid) → bouché(e) >
He's so dense! → Il est vraiment bouché!

dense

adj (+er)

(= thick) fog, smoke, forest → dicht (also Phys); crowd → dicht gedrängt

prose, language, style, book, film (= concentrated) → gedrängt; (= over-complex) → überladen

(inf) person (= of low intellect) → beschränkt (inf); (= slow) → begriffsstutzig (inf), → schwer von Begriff (inf)

dense [dɛns] adj (-r (comp) (-st (superl))) (fog) → denso/a, fitto/a; (forest, crowd) → fitto/a; (fur) → folto/a (fam) (person, stupid) → tonto/a, ottuso/a

dense

adj dense [dens]

1 thick and close We made our way through dense forest; The fog was so dense that we could not see anything. digte كَثيف гъст hustý tæt; tyk dicht πυκνός espeso, denso tihe انبوه؛ متراکم؛ غلیظ tiheä dense עָבוֹת घना bujan, gust sűrű lebat þéttur, samþjappaður fitto 濃密な 밀집한 tankus, tirštas biezs; blīvs tebal dicht tett; tykk, kompakt gęsty denso des густой hustý gost gust tät, kompakt หนาแน่น yoğun, sık 稠密的 густий; щільний کثیف ، گاڑھا dày đặc 稠密的

2 very stupid He's so dense I have to tell him everything twice. stompsinnig, dom بَليد، غَليظ الدِّماغ тъп hloupý, nechápavý tykhovedet; dum schwer von Begriff αργόστροφος corto, torpe, estúpido kõva peaga خنگ؛ کودن tyhmä bête מְטוּמטָם मन्दबुद्धि tupoglav,ograničen duhom együgyű bodoh tregur, þunnur stupido 頭の鈍い 우둔한 bukas aprobežots; stulbs bodoh stompzinnig dum, tett tępy estúpido tâmpit тупой nechápavý omejen glup dum, trög ทึบ ahmak, kalın kafalı 愚鈍的 дурний, тупий احمق rất ngu ngốc 愚钝的

adv densely

very closely together The crowd was densely packed. dig بِكَثافَه на гъсто hustě tæt dicht πυκνά densamente tihedalt بطور فشرده و متراکم tiiviisti à forte densité בִּצפִיפוּת घना सा gusto, zbijeno sűrűn rapat mjög þétt densamente びっしりと 촘촘히 tankiai biezi; blīvi sangat padat dicht tett gęsto densamente compact плотно husto gosto gusto tätt, tät- อย่างหนาแน่น yoğun olarak 密集地 густо; щільно گھنے طور پر đông đúc 密集地

n density

1 the number of items, people etc found in a given area compared with other areas especially if large the density of the population. digtheid كَثافَه гъстота hustota tæthed die Dichte πυκνότητα densidad tihedus تراکم؛ انبوهی tiheys densité צְפִיפוּת घनत्व zbijenost sűrűség kepadatan þéttleiki densità 密度 밀도 tankumas biezums; blīvums kepadatan dichtheid tetthet, kompakthet gęstość densidade densitate плотность hustota gostota gustina täthet ความหนาแน่น yoğunluk 密集度 густота, щільність کثافت mật độ 密集度

2 the quantity of matter in each unit of volume the density of a gas. digtheid كَثافَه плътност hustota vægtfylde die Dichte πυκνότητα densidad tihedus چگالی؛ غلظت tiheys densité צְפִיפוּת घनत्व gustoća fajsúly kepekatan eðlismassi densità 密度, 濃度 비중 tankis blīvums ketumpatan dichtheid egenvekt, tetthet gęstość densidade densitate плотность hustota gostota gustina densitet ความหนาแน่น yoğunluk 密度 густина فی اکائی حجم میں موجود کمیت tỷ trọng 密度

dense → كثيف hustý tæt dicht gedrängt πυκνός espeso tiheä dense gust denso 密集した 밀집한 compact ugjennomtrengelig gęsty denso плотный tät หนาแน่น sık đậm đặc 稠密的

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