Definition of Sparsity

1. Noun. The property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness.


Definition of Sparsity

1. Noun. The property of being sparse, sparseness. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sparsity

1. the quality or state of being sparse [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sparsity

sparse
sparsely
sparseness
sparsenesses
sparsening
sparser
sparsest
sparsification
sparsified
sparsifier
sparsifiers
sparsify
sparsifying
sparsing
sparsities
sparsity (current term)
sparsomycin
sparstone
spart
spartanly
spartanness
spartans
sparteine
sparteines
sparth
sparthe
sparthes
sparths
sparticle
sparticles

Literary usage of Sparsity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1907)
"sparsity of passenger traffic. — Some men lived and died in the town where they were born, without visiting another town a dozen miles distant. ..."

2. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1907)
"sparsity of passenger traffic. — Some men lived and died in the town where they were born, without visiting another town a dozen miles distant. ..."

3. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1914)
"sparsity of passenger traffic. — Some men lived and died in the town where they were born, without visiting another town a dozen miles distant. ..."

4. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1914)
"sparsity of passenger traffic. — Some men lived and died in the town where they were born, without visiting another town a dozen miles distant. ..."

5. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1907)
"sparsity of passenger traffic. — Some men lived and died in the town where they were born, without visiting another town a dozen miles distant. ..."

6. Public Education in the South by Edgar Wallace Knight (1922)
"sparsity of population, isolation, the depressed condition of the people, the curse of politics, and the issue of mixed schools were other obstacles which ..."

7. The Argentine in the Twentieth Century by Alberto B. Martínez, Maurice Lewandowski (1915)
"Its sparsity—The exceptional situation of the Argentine as the objective of European emigration—The poor remits hitherto obtained through default of ..."

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