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dense
English
Etymology
From Middle French dense, from Latin densus.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /d?ns/
- Rhymes: -?ns
Adjective
dense (comparative denser, superlative densest)
- Having relatively high density.
- Synonym: solid
- Compact; crowded together.
- Synonyms: compact, crowded, packed; see also Thesaurus:compact
- Antonyms: diffuse; see also Thesaurus:diffuse
- Thick; difficult to penetrate.
- Synonyms: thick, solid
- Antonym: thin
- Opaque; allowing little light to pass through.
- Synonyms: cloudy, opaque; see also Thesaurus:opaque
- Antonyms: clear, diaphanous, see-through, translucent, transparent; see also Thesaurus:transparent, Thesaurus:translucent
- Obscure, or difficult to understand.
- Synonyms: abstruse, difficult, hard, incomprehensible, obscure, tough; see also Thesaurus:incomprehensible
- Antonyms: clear, comprehensible, easy, simple, straightforward, understandable; see also Thesaurus:comprehensible
- (mathematics, topology) Being a subset of a topological space that approximates the space well. See Wikipedia article on dense sets for mathematical definition.
- Antonym: meager
- (of a person) Slow to comprehend; of low intelligence.
- Synonyms: dumb, slow, stupid, thick; see also Thesaurus:stupid
- Antonyms: bright, canny, intelligent, quick, quick-witted, smart; see also Thesaurus:intelligent
Antonyms
- (crowded together): diffuse, few and far between (of things as opposed to one thing), scattered, sparse, rarefied (scientific, to describe gases)
Translations
Noun
dense (plural denses)
- A thicket.
Anagrams
- Denes, Edens, Sneed, denes, edens, needs, sende, sneed
Esperanto
Etymology
From densa +? -e.
Adverb
dense
- densely
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin densus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??s/
Adjective
dense (plural denses)
- dense
Related terms
- condenser
- densité
Further reading
- “dense” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Adjective
dense
- feminine plural of denso
Latin
Etymology
From d?nsus (“dense, close, frequent”) +? -? (adverbial suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?den.se?/, [?d???s?e?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?den.se/, [?d??ns?]
Adverb
d?ns? (comparative d?nsius, superlative d?nsissim?)
- closely, in rapid succession
Related terms
References
- dense in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dense in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dense in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Spanish
Verb
dense
- Compound of the second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of dar, den and the pronoun se.
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prolific
English
Alternative forms
- prolifick (obsolete)
Etymology
1640–1650: from French prolifique, from Latin proles (“offspring”) and facere (“to make”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p???l?f.?k/, /?p?o??l?f.?k/
- Rhymes: -?f?k
- Hyphenation: pro?li?fic
Adjective
prolific (comparative more prolific, superlative most prolific)
- Fertile; producing offspring or fruit in abundance — applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.
- Similarly producing results or performing deeds in abundance
- 2007, Ted Jones, The French Riviera: A Literary Guide for Travellers, 58:
- However appealing Antibes may be to migrant authors, indigenous ones are relatively scarce. A notable exception is Jacques Audiberti, Antibes-born novelist and prolific playwright who wrote in the turn-of-the-century surrealist style, with titles that translate as Slaughter, or In Favour of Infanticide.
- 2007, Ted Jones, The French Riviera: A Literary Guide for Travellers, 58:
- (botany) Of a flower: from which another flower is produced.
Synonyms
- fertile
- (producing offspring or fruit in abundance): fecund
- (producing results or works in abundance): See also Thesaurus:productive
Derived terms
Translations
References
- prolific in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Romanian
Etymology
From French prolifique
Adjective
prolific m or n (feminine singular prolific?, masculine plural prolifici, feminine and neuter plural prolifice)
- prolific
Declension
Related terms
- prolificitate
prolific From the web:
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