sparsity

Noun

Meaning

the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness

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Synonyms

thinness sparseness spareness lack want poverty famine shortage deficiency scarcity rarity insufficiency inadequacy dearth smallness

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Antonyms

bigness density flood surplus abundance greatness

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Hypernyms

leanness scantiness poorness exiguity meagreness meagerness

Examples

Douglas 1942, pp. 424-425 The sparsity of northern Gaulish chroniclers in the early 10th century has proved to be a barrier in piecing together Rollo's raids and invasion of the region around the Seine. Source: Internet

Due to the influx of Greek speakers and the sparsity of the remaining Lycian speakers, Lycia was totally Hellenized under the Macedonians. Source: Internet

The Edelman algorithm works equally well for sparse and non-sparse data, since it is based on the compressibility (rank deficiency) of the Fourier matrix itself rather than the compressibility (sparsity) of the data. Source: Internet

The eastern part nevertheless has only connection through two lanes roads due to the sparsity of the population. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sparsing sparsistency sparsistent sparsomycin sparstolonin sparstone