dense

dense
adjective
1) dicht; massiv [Körper]
2) (crowded together) dicht gedrängt; eng [Schrift]
3) (stupid) dumm

he's pretty dense — er ist ziemlich schwer von Begriff

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[dens]
adjective
1) (thick and close: We made our way through dense forest; The fog was so dense that we could not see anything.) dicht
2) (very stupid: He's so dense I have to tell him everything twice.) schwer von Begriff
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dense
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[den(t)s]
adj
1. (thick, compact) dicht, SCHWEIZ a. satt
\dense crowd dichte Zuschauermenge
\dense fog dichter Nebel
\dense print enge Schrift
2. (complex) anspruchsvoll, schwierig
\dense book anspruchsvolles Buch
3. (fig fam: stupid) dumm, dämlich pej fam
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[dens]
adj (+er)
1) (= thick) fog, smoke, forest dicht (ALSO PHYS); crowd dicht gedrängt
2) prose, language, style, book, film (= concentrated) gedrängt; (= over-complex) überladen
3) (inf) person (= of low intellect) beschränkt (inf); (= slow) begriffsstutzig (inf), schwer von Begriff (inf)
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dense [dens] adj (adv densely)
1. allg, auch PHYS dicht (Nebel, Wald etc):
densely populated dicht bevölkert;
dense print enger Druck
2. fig beschränkt, schwerfällig, begriffsstutzig:
be dense auch schwer von Begriff sein
3. FOTO dicht, gut belichtet (Negativ):
too dense überbelichtet
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adjective
1) dicht; massiv [Körper]
2) (crowded together) dicht gedrängt; eng [Schrift]
3) (stupid) dumm

he's pretty dense — er ist ziemlich schwer von Begriff

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adj.
dicht (Mathematik) adj.
dicht adj.

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