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  Grep  of  noun  denser 
  abbe  condenser 
  bypass  condenser 
  condenser 
  electrical  condenser 
  electrolytic  condenser 
  liebig  condenser 
  optical  condenser 
  reflux  condenser 
 
  Overview  of  adj  dense 
 
  The  adj  dense  has  5  senses  (first  4  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (5)  dense,  heavy,  impenetrable  --  (permitting  little  if  any  light  to  pass  through  because  of  denseness  of  matter;  "dense  smoke";  "heavy  fog";  "impenetrable  gloom") 
  2.  (2)  compact,  dense,  thick  --  (closely  crowded  together;  "a  compact  shopping  center";  "a  dense  population";  "thick  crowds") 
  3.  (1)  dense,  thick  --  (hard  to  pass  through  because  of  dense  growth;  "dense  vegetation";  "thick  woods") 
  4.  (1)  dense  --  (having  high  relative  density  or  specific  gravity;  "dense  as  lead") 
  5.  dense,  dim,  dull,  dumb,  obtuse,  slow  --  (slow  to  learn  or  understand;  lacking  intellectual  acuity;  "so  dense  he  never  understands  anything  I  say  to  him";  "never  met  anyone  quite  so  dim";  "although  dull  at  classical  learning,  at  mathematics  he  was  uncommonly  quick"-  Thackeray;  "dumb  officials  make  some  really  dumb  decisions";  "he  was  either  normally  stupid  or  being  deliberately  obtuse";  "worked  with  the  slow  students") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  dense 
 
  5  senses  of  dense 
 
  Sense  1 
  dense,  heavy,  impenetrable 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  thick)  ->  thin 
 
  Sense  2 
  compact,  dense,  thick 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  concentrated)  ->  distributed 
 
  Sense  3 
  dense,  thick 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  impenetrable)  ->  penetrable 
 
  Sense  4 
  dense 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  heavy)  ->  light 
 
  Sense  5 
  dense,  dim,  dull,  dumb,  obtuse,  slow 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  stupid)  ->  smart 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  dense 
 
  5  senses  of  dense 
 
  Sense  1 
  dense,  heavy,  impenetrable 
  =>  thick  (vs.  thin) 
 
  Sense  2 
  compact,  dense,  thick 
  =>  concentrated  (vs.  distributed) 
 
  Sense  3 
  dense,  thick 
  =>  impenetrable  (vs.  penetrable) 
 
  Sense  4 
  dense 
  =>  heavy  (vs.  light) 
 
  Sense  5 
  dense,  dim,  dull,  dumb,  obtuse,  slow 
  =>  stupid  (vs.  smart) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  dense 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  dense 
 
  dense  used  as  an  adjective  is  common  (polysemy  count  =  5) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  dense 
  dense 
 
  Overview  of  adj  dense 
 
  The  adj  dense  has  5  senses  (first  4  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (5)  dense,  heavy,  impenetrable  --  (permitting  little  if  any  light  to  pass  through  because  of  denseness  of  matter;  "dense  smoke";  "heavy  fog";  "impenetrable  gloom") 
  2.  (2)  compact,  dense,  thick  --  (closely  crowded  together;  "a  compact  shopping  center";  "a  dense  population";  "thick  crowds") 
  3.  (1)  dense,  thick  --  (hard  to  pass  through  because  of  dense  growth;  "dense  vegetation";  "thick  woods") 
  4.  (1)  dense  --  (having  high  relative  density  or  specific  gravity;  "dense  as  lead") 
  5.  dense,  dim,  dull,  dumb,  obtuse,  slow  --  (slow  to  learn  or  understand;  lacking  intellectual  acuity;  "so  dense  he  never  understands  anything  I  say  to  him";  "never  met  anyone  quite  so  dim";  "although  dull  at  classical  learning,  at  mathematics  he  was  uncommonly  quick"-  Thackeray;  "dumb  officials  make  some  really  dumb  decisions";  "he  was  either  normally  stupid  or  being  deliberately  obtuse";  "worked  with  the  slow  students") 



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