Having widely spaced intervals. / Not dense; meager; scanty / (mathematics) Having few nonzero elements

(obsolete) To disperse, to scatter.

In a scattered or sparse manner; widely apart; thinly.

(uncountable) The state or quality of being sparse. / (countable, rare) The result or product of being sparse.

The property of being sparse; sparseness.

superlative form of sparse: most sparse

comparative form of sparse: more sparse

present participle of sparsify

That causes sparsification

The act of making something more sparse, especially a graph.