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noun
The quality of being dense, as:
Thickheadedness: limited mental capacity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The quality of being dense, as:
Density: mass per unit volume.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: sometimes, uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the amount per unit size
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: density
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: compactness
Narrower terms: bits per inch, bpi, flux density, flux, optical density, transmission density, photographic density, absorbance, rarity, tenuity, low density, relative density
noun
the spatial property of being crowded together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: concentration, density, tightness, compactness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spacing, spatial arrangement
noun
the quality of being mentally slow and limited
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: dumbness, slow-wittedness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stupidity
History
Etymology tree English dense Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English denseness From dense + -ness.
