Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being dense; condition as to density.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being dense; density.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality of being
dense , especially in the sense of limited mental capacity.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being mentally slow and limited
- noun the spatial property of being crowded together
- noun the amount per unit size
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Examples
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There were the melamine dishes, often used for camping and very similar in denseness to the bakelite of old.
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I like that denseness, of color, feel that you can get out of that.
The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards Looks Back At 'Life' 2010
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De Luca has stated that she is influenced by her adopted home of Los Angeles and you can see this in the vivid sunset colors and in the murky and clouded denseness that fills up the plane from horizon to ocean to shore.
Tracey Harnish: Mara De Luca: Leap of Faith Tracey Harnish 2011
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De Luca has stated that she is influenced by her adopted home of Los Angeles and you can see this in the vivid sunset colors and in the murky and clouded denseness that fills up the plane from horizon to ocean to shore.
Tracey Harnish: Mara De Luca: Leap of Faith Tracey Harnish 2011
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Still, I dawdled until eventually, frustrated by my denseness he blurted, "Dude, it's like TED... on steroids!"
M. Sanjayan: Why Summit Is on Top M. Sanjayan 2011
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It is curling sandwiches and things on sticks, scotch eggs the colour of David Dickinson outside and the mouth-gumming denseness of Sarah Palin within.
Buffets are the place where ingredients go to die Jay Rayner 2010
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I am astonished at the denseness and negativity of your really senseless response.
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I like that denseness, of color, feel that you can get out of that.
The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards Looks Back At 'Life' 2010
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Bones for the Pudding Bobbin chair, $1,975, hollywoodathome.com To lighten up the upholstery's denseness — or "puddingness," as Mr. Dunham calls it — he introduced the wooden and rush furniture.
Restraint With a Kick Rita Konig 2011
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Still, I dawdled until eventually, frustrated by my denseness he blurted, "Dude, it's like TED... on steroids!"
M. Sanjayan: Why Summit Is on Top M. Sanjayan 2011
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