denseness

Definitions of denseness
  1. noun
    the quality of being mentally slow and limited
    synonyms: dumbness, slow-wittedness
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    stupidity
    a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience
  2. noun
    the spatial property of being crowded together
    synonyms: compactness, concentration, density, tightness
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    type of:
    spacing, spatial arrangement
    the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them
  3. noun
    the amount per unit size
    synonyms: density
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    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
    specific gravity
    the density of a substance relative to the density of water
    vapor density, vapour density
    the density of a gas relative to the density of hydrogen
    type of:
    compactness
    the consistency of a compact solid
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