Throughout the 20th century, this incredibly dense web of interactions — dubbed the «interactome» in allusion to the genome — remained impenetrable. (newscientist.com)
Sundews (Drosera capillaris) cover their leaves in a sticky mucous to trap insects and consume them with digestive enzymes, whereas the spiders (Sosippus floridanus) weave dense webs. (sciencemag.org)
A Pollock biographer wrote:»... [Tobey's] dense web of white strokes, as elegant as Oriental calligraphy, impressed Jackson so much that in a letter to Louis Bunce he described Tobey, a West Coast artist, as an «exception'to the rule that New York was «the only real place in America where painting (in the real sense) can come thru.» (en.wikipedia.org)