Dense vs Rarefy - What's the difference?
dense | rarefy |
Having relatively high density.
Compact; crowded together.
Thick; difficult to penetrate.
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Obscure, or difficult to understand.
(mathematics, topology) Being a subset of a topological space that approximates the space well. See Wikipedia article on (dense set)s for mathematical definition.
Of a person, slow to comprehend; of low intelligence.
To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense
To expand or enlarge without adding any new portion of matter to.
As a adjective dense
is having relatively high density.As a verb rarefy is
to make rare, thin, porous, or less dense.dense
English
Adjective
(er)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.}}
