dense
English
/dɛns/
adj
Definitions
- Having relatively high density.
- Compact; crowded together.
- Thick; difficult to penetrate.
- Opaque; allowing little light to pass through.
- Obscure, or difficult to understand.
- (mathematics) Being a subset of a topological space that approximates the space well. See Wikipedia article on s for mathematical definition.
- of a person Slow to comprehend; of low intelligence.
Etymology
Derived from Middle French dense derived from Latin densus (densethick).
Origin
Latin
densus
Gloss
densethick
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dedensification English
- densely English
- densen English
- denseness English
- densening English
- densification English
- densifier English
- densify English
- densimeter English
- electrodense English
- hyperdense English
- hypodense English
- isodense English
- lactodensimeter English
- overdense English
- radiodense English
- superdense English
- ultradense English
- underdense English
- densiflorus Latin
- densitas Latin
- denso Latin
- densus Latin
- dēnsus Latin
- denso Italian
- dense French
- densement French
- densifier French
- densément French
- densamente Spanish, Castilian
- denso Spanish, Castilian
- densímetro Spanish, Castilian
- hiperdenso Spanish, Castilian
- *dens- Proto-Indo-European
- densa Esperanto
- dens Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- dense Middle French