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Definition of Sparseness
1. Noun. The property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness.
Generic synonyms: Exiguity, Leanness, Meagerness, Meagreness, Poorness, Scantiness, Scantness
Derivative terms: Spare, Spare, Sparse, Sparse, Thin, Thin
Definition of Sparseness
1. n. The quality or state of being sparse; as, sparseness of population.
Definition of Sparseness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being sparse. ¹
2. Noun. (countable rare) The result or product of being sparse. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sparseness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sparseness
Literary usage of Sparseness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1905)
"The sparseness of distribution and its bearing.—The extreme tenuity of the
celestial matter hypothetically thus dispersed is another vital consideration. ..."
2. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1905)
"The sparseness of distribution and its bearing.—The extreme tenuity of the
celestial matter hypothetically thus dispersed is another vital consideration. ..."
3. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"The sparseness of distribution and its bearing.—The extreme tenuity of the
celestial matter hypothetic-ally thus dispersed is another vital consideration. ..."
4. Under the Southern Cross by Henry Cornish (1879)
"The Aborigines Protection Society—sparseness of the native population—Causes of
its decrease since European colonisa- sion—Reasons for believing the ..."
5. Sport and Politics Under an Eastern Sky by Lawrence John Lumley Dundas Zetland (1902)
"... shot — Varieties of markhor — Another buck shot — sparseness of population in
Chilas — A chilly bivouac and death of third markhor — Up the Indus again ..."
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