dense

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French dense, from Latin dēnsus, from Proto-Indo-European *dens- (“thick, dense”) (whence also Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdɛns/, [ˈdɛns] (pin–pen merger) (Southern US, Appalachia, African-American Vernacular) IPA(key): /ˈdɪns/, [ˈdɪ̟ns] Rhymes: -ɛns Hyphenation: dense === Adjective === dense (comparative denser, superlative densest) Having relatively high density. Synonym: solid Compact; crowded together. Synonyms: compact, crowded, packed; see also Thesaurus:compact Antonyms: diffuse; see also Thesaurus:diffuse Thick; difficult to penetrate. Synonyms: thick, solid Antonym: thin Opaque; allowing little light to pass through. Synonyms: cloudy, opaque; see also Thesaurus:opaque Antonyms: clear, diaphanous, see-through, translucent, transparent; see also Thesaurus:transparent, Thesaurus:translucent Obscure or difficult to understand. Synonyms: abstruse, difficult, hard, incomprehensible, obscure, tough; see also Thesaurus:incomprehensible Antonyms: clear, comprehensible, easy, simple, straightforward, understandable; see also Thesaurus:comprehensible (mathematics, topology, of a subset S {\displaystyle S} of a topological space T {\displaystyle T} , not comparable) Such that its closure in T {\displaystyle T} is T {\displaystyle T} . Antonym: meager Slow to comprehend; of low intelligence. (of a person) Synonyms: dumb, slow, stupid, thick; see also Thesaurus:stupid Antonyms: bright, canny, intelligent, quick, quick-witted, smart; see also Thesaurus:intelligent ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “crowded together”): diffuse, few and far between (of things as opposed to one thing), scattered, sparse, rarefied (scientific, to describe gases) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === dense (plural denses) A thicket. === Anagrams === Denes, Edens, Sneed, denes, edens, needs, sende, sneed == Esperanto == === Etymology === From densa + -e. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdense/ Rhymes: -ense Syllabification: den‧se === Adverb === dense densely === Further reading === “dense”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN “dense”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026 == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin dēnsus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dɑ̃s/ === Adjective === dense (plural denses) dense ==== Related terms ==== condenser densité === Further reading === “dense”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Adjective === dense f pl feminine plural of denso == Latin == === Etymology === From dēnsus (“dense, close, frequent”) + -ē (adverbial suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdẽː.seː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈdɛn.se] === Adverb === dēnsē (comparative dēnsius, superlative dēnsissimē) closely, in rapid succession ==== Related terms ==== ==== References ==== “dense”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “dense”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “dense”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdense/ [ˈd̪ẽn.se] Rhymes: -ense Syllabification: den‧se === Verb === dense third-person plural imperative of dar combined with se