sparse — ozdic

Definitions

adj

1

Having widely spaced intervals.

a sparse array, index, or matrix

The Leicester to Grimsby service will become hourly throughout (with some extensions to Cleethorpes as at present), while a new hourly Peterborough to Doncaster service via Spalding, Sleaford and Lincoln will join up two routes with a sparse service at present.

2

Not dense; meager; scanty

3

Having few nonzero elements

verb

1

To disperse, to scatter.

They began properly to ſparſe pretye rumours in the North, that no man ſhulde eate whyte breade, no man eate pygge, gooſe, or capon, without he agreed before with the kynge.

Collocations

3

VERB + SPARSE

became, rain, walking

SPARSE + NOUN

array, drug, exceptions, tanzania, woods

PREP.

in, in, with

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — not dense

thin

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

a sparse array, index, or matrix

Wiktionary

02

The Leicester to Grimsby service will become hourly throughout (with some extensions to Cleethorpes as at present), while a new hourly Peterborough to Doncaster service via Spalding, Sleaford and Linc

Wiktionary

03

They began properly to ſparſe pretye rumours in the North, that no man ſhulde eate whyte breade, no man eate pygge, gooſe, or capon, without he agreed before with the kynge.

Wiktionary

04

It makes things easier if your matrix is sparse.

Tatoeba · #966204

05

But rain has been sparse in Tanzania, as it has in neighboring East African nations, and meteorologists are warning of a prolonged dry season.

Tatoeba · #10913219

06

Trees became sparse.

Tatoeba · #11826068

Usage Notes

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