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Meanings of dense in English

Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity.

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Consisting of components very close to each other.

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Consisting of many people very close to each other.

Usage of dense in English
1
Far too dense, far too much seeing theorizing, far too much being.
Blood music
2
Contrails are especially dense over parts of Europe and eastern United States.
Reuters
3
Rooftop gardens can be used to capture water in dense urban areas.
The Guardian
4
Of course dense, heavy cakes can be delicious in their own way.
On food and cooking: the science and lore of the kitchen
5
Advances in marker technology have made a dense marker map a reality.
Pubmed
6
It disappeared behind dense clouds; a storm was gathering in the west.
The Delight Makers
7
So engineers look for renewable resources that are as dense as possible.
Wired
8
There are hints of an older past: broken-down churches; dense, uncultivated forests.
The Guardian
9
The ephemeræ filled the air like the snowflakes in a dense snowstorm.
The Insect Folk
10
But in spite of the dense disguise in which he walked Mr.
Tales of Men and Ghosts
11
These are not just short stories; they're remarkably dense ones as well.
Wired
12
How can those dense literary texts be absorbed at early years level?
The Guardian
13
His work and the work of his followers is dense and illuminating.
The Michael Chekhov Handbook
14
The saltier water is the denser it is, and dense water sinks.
A short history of nearly everything
15
Some speeds around schools and dense urban areas needed to be lower.
Radio NZ
16
The last three miles to the coast is very dense small mallee.
Explorations in Australia / The Journals of John McDouall Stuart...
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