dense

Definitions

1. adjective

   Having relatively high density.

   ≈solid
2. adjective

   Compact; crowded together.

   Example

   • The regions of densest population are the tributaries and banks of the Huai above Pang-pu and the diked areas along the right bank of the Yangtze.[…] There are four large towns-Ho-fei, the capital; Huai-nan; Pang-pu; and Wu-hu.
   ≈compact≈crowded≈packed≈close≈compact +17 more
3. adjective

   Thick; difficult to penetrate.

   Example

   • ... mantling the slopes are other still denser forests, where the Pacara (Enterolobium timbavica), Lapacho (Tecoma stans), Quina-Quina (Myroxilon peruanum), urunday (allied to the Lapacho) Quefioa (Rosacea Polylepis racemosa), Cascaron ...
   ≈thick≈solid≠thin
4. adjective

   Opaque; allowing little light to pass through.

   ≈cloudy≈opaque≈adiaphanous≈nontransparent≈opacous +30 more
5. adjective

   Obscure or difficult to understand.

   ≈abstruse≈difficult≈hard≈incomprehensible≈obscure +55 more
6. adjective

   Such that its closure in T is T.

   ≠meager
7. adjective

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

   Example

   • There are times when systems like GPT-4 seem to mimic human reasoning, but there are also times when they seem terribly dense. “These behaviors are not always consistent,” Ece Kamar, a Microsoft researcher, said.
   ≈dumb≈slow≈stupid≈thick≈addlebrained +160 more
8. noun

   A thicket.