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1
the degree to which a fluid can resist flowing
- the simple fact that molasses has greater density than room-temperature water
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2
the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind
- only a person with the proverbial density of concrete could have missed that clue
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- boneheadedness,
- brainlessness,
- denseness,
- dim-wittedness,
- doltishness,
- dopiness,
- dorkiness,
- dullness
- (also dulness),
- dumbness,
- fatuity,
- foolishness,
- gormlessness
- [chiefly British],
- mindlessness,
- oafishness,
- obtuseness,
- senselessness,
- simpleness,
- slowness,
- stupidity,
- stupidness,
- thickness,
- vacuity,
- weak-mindedness,
- witlessness
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The first known use of density was in 1598
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