 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sparse
adjective: not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse" [syn: {thin}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sparse \Sparse\, verb (used with an object) [L. sparsus, p. p. of spargere to
scatter.]
To scatter; to disperse. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sparse \Sparse\, adjective [Compar. {Sparser}; superl. {Sparsest}.] [L.
sparsus, p. p. of spargere to strew, scatter. Cf. {Asperse},
{Disperse}.]
1. Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being
dense or close together; as, a sparse population.
--Carlyle.
2. (Bot.) Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; --
applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
64 Moby Thesaurus words for "sparse":
almost unheard-of, at a premium, broadcast, cheeseparing, chinchy,
chintzy, diffuse, discrete, dispersed, dispread, disseminated,
dissipated, distributed, exiguous, in short supply, inappreciable,
infrequent, insignificant, limited, little, meager, miserly,
niggardly, not much, occasional, out of print, out of season,
out of stock, piddling, poor, rare, scant, scanty, scarce,
scattered, scrimp, scrimping, scrimpy, seldom met with,
seldom seen, skimp, skimping, skimpy, slim, slow, spare, sparing,
sporadic, spotty, spread, spread out, sprinkled, stingy,
straggling, straggly, strewn, strown, thin, tight, uncommon,
unfrequent, unique, unusual, widespread
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
sparse
A sparse {matrix} (or {vector}, or {array}) is one in which
most of the elements are zero. If storage space is more
important than access speed, it may be preferable to store a
sparse matrix as a list of (index, value) pairs or use some
kind of {hash} scheme or {associative memory}.
(1995-01-16)
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