dense

noun

A thicket.

adjective

Having relatively high density.

Compact; crowded together.

Thick; difficult to penetrate.

Opaque; allowing little light to pass through.

Obscure or difficult to understand.

Slow to comprehend; of low intelligence. (of a person)

(mathematics, topology, of a subset S of a topological space T, not comparable) Such that its closure in T is T.

Roots

densusdens- · Latin · thick, dense

Synonyms for dense

thickadj impenetrableadj heavyadj obtuseadj compactedadj dulladj dimadj thicksetadj slowadj luxuriantadj

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