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Definition of Denseness

1. Noun. The quality of being mentally slow and limited.

2. Noun. The spatial property of being crowded together.

3. Noun. The amount per unit size.

Definition of Denseness

1. n. The quality of being dense; density.

Definition of Denseness

1. Noun. The quality of being dense, especially in the sense of limited mental capacity. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Denseness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Denseness

dens permanens dens premolaris dens sapientiae dens serotinus dens succedaneus dense dense-deposit disease dense-in-itself dense-leaved elodea dense blazing star

dense bodies dense liver dense metaphyseal bands dense spleen densely denseness (current term) densenesses denser densest densification

densifications densified densifier densifiers densifies densify densifying densimeter densimeters densimetry

Literary usage of Denseness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Journal of Travels in England, Holland and Scotland, and of Two Passages by Benjamin Silliman (1820)
"Rules of riding and walking in London—Rapidity of walking— denseness of population in the streets—Numbers of deformed and infirm—Anecdote—Excursion by water ..."

2. Through Central Borneo: An Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of the by Carl Lumholtz (1920)
"... AN EXPEDITION INTO THE JUNGLE—FIRST IMPRESSIONS- RAPID CHANGE IN THE denseness OF VEGETATION- ANIMAL LIFE—A STUBBORN FIGHT ABOUT the middle of January, ..."

3. Studies in Luminescence by Edward Leamington Nichols (1912)
"If several spectra are photographed upon the same plate and the length of exposure is the same for all the spectra, then the denseness of the different ..."

4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"OS HaU, German Culture, p. 302. crassness (kras'nes), n. The quality of being crass; coarseness; thickness; denseness; heaviness; grossness; stupidity. ..."

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