dense
pronunciation
How to pronounce dense in British English:
UK [dens]
How to pronounce dense in American English:
US [dens]
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- Adjective:
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
- closely crowded together
- hard to pass through because of dense growth
- having high relative density or specific gravity
- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
Word Origin
- dense (adj.)
- early 15c., from Middle French dense and directly from Latin densus "thick, crowded; cloudy," perhaps from PIE root *dens- "dense, thick" (cognates: Greek dasus "hairy, shaggy"). Sense of "stupid" is first recorded 1822.
Example
- 1. Prague is not a big city , but has dense neighbourhoods and outlying suburbs .
- 2. The access from a booming and dense downtown to the great outdoors is nearly unrivalled in north american cities .
- 3. As soon as they settle the devices start communicating with each other , weaving themselves into a dense digital mesh .
- 4. Once set in motion , the extinctions themselves also become drivers , creating a dense network of positive feedback loops .
- 5. Because the shrub blooms before the foliage has fully emerged , you get a very dense floral appearance in the early spring .