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sparse

Pronunciation: /spɑːs/

The English word “sparse” has 4 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Having widely spaced intervals.
  2. Not dense; meager; scanty
  3. Having few nonzero elements

verb

  1. To disperse, to scatter.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sparsus.

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