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dense

/dɛns/

noun

Meaning

  • A thicket.

adjective

Meaning

  • Having relatively high density.

  • Compact; crowded together.

  • Thick; difficult to penetrate.

  • Opaque; allowing little light to pass through.

  • Obscure, or difficult to understand.

  • Being a subset of a topological space that approximates the space well. See Wikipedia article on dense sets for mathematical definition.

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

Synonyms

abstruse,
difficult,
hard,
incomprehensible,
obscure,
tough,
cloudy,
opaque,
compact,
crowded,
packed,
dumb,
slow,
stupid,
thick,
solid,
solid,
thick