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DENSENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The amount per unit size
Synonyms:
denseness; density
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("denseness" is a kind of...):
compactness (the consistency of a compact solid)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "denseness"):
bits per inch; bpi (a measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium)
flux; flux density ((physics) the number of changes in energy flow across a given surface per unit area)
absorbance; optical density; photographic density; transmission density ((physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation)
low density; rarity; tenuity (a rarified quality)
relative density (the ratio of the density of something to the density of a standard)
Derivation:
dense (having high relative density or specific gravity)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The spatial property of being crowded together
Synonyms:
compactness; concentration; denseness; density; tightness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("denseness" is a kind of...):
spacing; spatial arrangement (the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them)
Derivation:
dense (hard to pass through because of dense growth)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The quality of being mentally slow and limited
Synonyms:
denseness; dumbness; slow-wittedness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("denseness" is a kind of...):
stupidity (a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience)
Derivation:
dense (slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity)
