Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

denseness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables: dense-ness
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being dense, as:

Uncountable

noun

The quality of being dense, as:

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English dense Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English denseness From dense + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

densenesses (plural)

Synonyms

density concentration tightness compactness dumbness slow-wittedness

Questions

What does denseness mean?: The quality of being dense, as:
Where does denseness come from?: Etymology tree English dense Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English denseness From dense + -ness.

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