dense

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dense Definition

• (s) permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"
• (s) closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds"
• (s) hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense vegetation"; "thick woods"
• (s) having high relative density or specific gravity; "dense as lead"
• (s) 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 mak

dense Synonyms

• compact
• dense
• dim
• dull
• dumb
• heavy
• impenetrable
• obtuse
• slow
• thick