Dense
adjective
Something that is closely compacted in substance.
The forest was dense with trees.
Often appears as...
- dense forest
- dense fog
adjective
Someone who is slow to understand.
I can't believe you didn't catch that joke, you're so dense!
Often appears as...
- so dense
- quite dense
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
adjective
Used in physics to describe a high degree of compactness in atoms or particles of a substance.
The dense nucleus of an atom contains protons and neutrons.
Often appears as...
- dense nucleus
- dense particles
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Having parts very close together, making it hard to go or see through.
The dense smoke made it hard to see.
Often appears as...
- dense smoke
- dense cloud
adjective
Something that is closely compacted in substance.
The forest was dense with trees.
Often appears as...
- dense forest
- dense fog
adjective
Someone who is slow to understand.
I can't believe you didn't catch that joke, you're so dense!
Often appears as...
- so dense
- quite dense
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
adjective
Used in physics to describe a high degree of compactness in atoms or particles of a substance.
The dense nucleus of an atom contains protons and neutrons.
Often appears as...
- dense nucleus
- dense particles
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Having parts very close together, making it hard to go or see through.
The dense smoke made it hard to see.
Often appears as...
- dense smoke
- dense cloud
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Closeness
Describes how elements are tightly packed together, often hard to separate visually or physically.
Navigating through the dense crowd, I lost sight of my friends.
Pro Tip 2/2Hard to Traverse
Used to express difficulty moving through something because of its thickness.
The dense underbrush made hiking difficult.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Closeness
Describes how elements are tightly packed together, often hard to separate visually or physically.
Navigating through the dense crowd, I lost sight of my friends.
Pro Tip 2/2Hard to Traverse
Used to express difficulty moving through something because of its thickness.
The dense underbrush made hiking difficult.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Closeness
Describes how elements are tightly packed together, often hard to separate visually or physically.
Navigating through the dense crowd, I lost sight of my friends.
Pro Tip 2/2Hard to Traverse
Used to express difficulty moving through something because of its thickness.
The dense underbrush made hiking difficult.
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The history of our world...
than the red areas. These are tiny differences, but it was enough for the universe to move on to the next stage of building complexity. And this is how it works. Gravity is more powerful where there's more stuff. So where you get slightly denser areas, gravity starts compacting clouds of hydrogen and helium atoms.
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Filming The World's...
this amazing claw on their foot they're not inherently that aggressive birds but because they live in dense jungle i think when they're surprised their reaction is to try and kick you with that big claw and that's that's why they are the world's deadliest birds and why when you're filming them you have to do it
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An eco-modernist...
everyone to have the chance to join the modern world we're going to need a lot more energy to meet this demand without overheating the planet we need to rapidly transition to energy sources that are clean cheap and dense wind and solar will be part of the mix but they won't be enough on their own like all
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The science of milk -...
enhance shelf life, and provide a variety of milk products. In the dairy, centrifugation machines spin milk at high speeds, forcing less dense fats to separate from the liquid and float up. After being skimmed off, this fat, known as butterfat, can be used in dairy products like butter, cream,
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How stress affects your...
It tells your body to replenish your energy stores with energy dense foods and carbs, causing you to crave comfort foods. High levels of cortisol can also cause you to put on those extra calories as visceral or deep belly fat. This type of fat doesn't just make it harder to button your pants.
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How sugar affects the...
an important chemical or neurotransmitter. There are many dopamine receptors in the forebrain, but they're not evenly distributed. Certain areas contain dense clusters of receptors, and these dopamine hot spots are a part of our reward system. Drugs like alcohol, nicotine, or heroin
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Jupiter 101 PIPE National...
Rather, this giant planet may have a dense, liquid center surround by a worldwide ocean of hydrogen and helium gases. Jupiter's gassiest composition can be observed in its atmosphere. About 44 miles thick,
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Is there a limit to...
like a hummingbird. Frighteningly enough, we've observed super dense celestial bodies about the size of a planet that drain energy out of a much bigger star. It would be much too premature to conclude
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Sir David Attenborough...
these turtles have had an extraordinary change in fortune this is now thought to be one of the densest leatherback nesting beaches in the world
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World’s Grumpiest Cat I...
a palace's cat he has the densest fur of any cat in the world
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The history of our world...
than the red areas. These are tiny differences, but it was enough for the universe to move on to the next stage of building complexity. And this is how it works. Gravity is more powerful where there's more stuff. So where you get slightly denser areas, gravity starts compacting clouds of hydrogen and helium atoms.
Video examples
Filming The World's...
this amazing claw on their foot they're not inherently that aggressive birds but because they live in dense jungle i think when they're surprised their reaction is to try and kick you with that big claw and that's that's why they are the world's deadliest birds and why when you're filming them you have to do it
Video examples
An eco-modernist...
everyone to have the chance to join the modern world we're going to need a lot more energy to meet this demand without overheating the planet we need to rapidly transition to energy sources that are clean cheap and dense wind and solar will be part of the mix but they won't be enough on their own like all
Video examples
The science of milk -...
enhance shelf life, and provide a variety of milk products. In the dairy, centrifugation machines spin milk at high speeds, forcing less dense fats to separate from the liquid and float up. After being skimmed off, this fat, known as butterfat, can be used in dairy products like butter, cream,
Video examples
How stress affects your...
It tells your body to replenish your energy stores with energy dense foods and carbs, causing you to crave comfort foods. High levels of cortisol can also cause you to put on those extra calories as visceral or deep belly fat. This type of fat doesn't just make it harder to button your pants.
Video examples
How sugar affects the...
an important chemical or neurotransmitter. There are many dopamine receptors in the forebrain, but they're not evenly distributed. Certain areas contain dense clusters of receptors, and these dopamine hot spots are a part of our reward system. Drugs like alcohol, nicotine, or heroin
Video examples
Jupiter 101 PIPE National...
Rather, this giant planet may have a dense, liquid center surround by a worldwide ocean of hydrogen and helium gases. Jupiter's gassiest composition can be observed in its atmosphere. About 44 miles thick,
Video examples
Is there a limit to...
like a hummingbird. Frighteningly enough, we've observed super dense celestial bodies about the size of a planet that drain energy out of a much bigger star. It would be much too premature to conclude
Video examples
Sir David Attenborough...
these turtles have had an extraordinary change in fortune this is now thought to be one of the densest leatherback nesting beaches in the world
Video examples
World’s Grumpiest Cat I...
a palace's cat he has the densest fur of any cat in the world
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Caitlin Kittredge
American Author
A lot of times with novels, you can get a really deep, engaging story, but there's not a lot happening, frankly. Those books tend to be super-literary and dense, and they require a lot of commitment, and that's not necessarily a bad thing, but if you want fast-moving action and gore and plot and excitement, you can get shorted on that.
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Ze Frank
American Comedian
On street corners everywhere, people are looking at their cell phones, and it's easy to dismiss this as some sort of bad trend in human culture. But the truth is life is being lived there. When they smile - right, you've seen people stop - all of a sudden, life is being lived there, somewhere up in that weird, dense network.
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Lewis Thomas
American Scientist
It is only when you watch the dense mass of thousands of ants, crowded together around the Hill, blackening the ground, that you begin to see the whole beast, and now you observe it thinking, planning, calculating. It is an intelligence, a kind of live computer, with crawling bits for its wits.
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John Desmond Bernal
Irish Scientist
As the scene of life would be more the cold emptiness of space than the warm, dense atmosphere of planets, the advantage of containing no organic material at all, so as to be independent of both these conditions, would be increasingly felt.
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Giordano Bruno
Italian Philosopher
It is proper that noble spirits, equipped with truth and enlightened with the Divine intelligence, should arm themselves against dense ignorance by climbing up to the high rock and tower of contemplation.
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Joss Whedon
American Writer
Especially, I think, living in any fantasy or science fiction world means really understanding what you're seeing and reading really densely on a level that a lot of people don't bother to read.
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James Redfield
American Author
I had to find some clarity about approaching life more spiritually. I think I'm kind of dense, and it makes me pull the process into mind and struggle over it in finding the path.
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Rene Auberjonois
American Actor
The mask of the character was already written into the show, but I actually lobbied for a denser and more complete mask than they initially considered.
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Chris Ware
American Artist
When I was a kid, I liked books that just seemed so dense you could lose yourself in them for a whole afternoon. They were like their own whole world.
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Lynn Abbey
American Author
I'm dense when it comes to discouragement.
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Caitlin Kittredge
American Author
A lot of times with novels, you can get a really deep, engaging story, but there's not a lot happening, frankly. Those books tend to be super-literary and dense, and they require a lot of commitment, and that's not necessarily a bad thing, but if you want fast-moving action and gore and plot and excitement, you can get shorted on that.
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Ze Frank
American Comedian
On street corners everywhere, people are looking at their cell phones, and it's easy to dismiss this as some sort of bad trend in human culture. But the truth is life is being lived there. When they smile - right, you've seen people stop - all of a sudden, life is being lived there, somewhere up in that weird, dense network.
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Lewis Thomas
American Scientist
It is only when you watch the dense mass of thousands of ants, crowded together around the Hill, blackening the ground, that you begin to see the whole beast, and now you observe it thinking, planning, calculating. It is an intelligence, a kind of live computer, with crawling bits for its wits.
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John Desmond Bernal
Irish Scientist
As the scene of life would be more the cold emptiness of space than the warm, dense atmosphere of planets, the advantage of containing no organic material at all, so as to be independent of both these conditions, would be increasingly felt.
Quote examples
Giordano Bruno
Italian Philosopher
It is proper that noble spirits, equipped with truth and enlightened with the Divine intelligence, should arm themselves against dense ignorance by climbing up to the high rock and tower of contemplation.
Quote examples
Joss Whedon
American Writer
Especially, I think, living in any fantasy or science fiction world means really understanding what you're seeing and reading really densely on a level that a lot of people don't bother to read.
Quote examples
James Redfield
American Author
I had to find some clarity about approaching life more spiritually. I think I'm kind of dense, and it makes me pull the process into mind and struggle over it in finding the path.
Quote examples
Rene Auberjonois
American Actor
The mask of the character was already written into the show, but I actually lobbied for a denser and more complete mask than they initially considered.
Quote examples
Chris Ware
American Artist
When I was a kid, I liked books that just seemed so dense you could lose yourself in them for a whole afternoon. They were like their own whole world.
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Lynn Abbey
American Author
I'm dense when it comes to discouragement.
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