(graph theory) A graph that is a sparse version of another.

plural of sparsifier

The act or process of making something sparse / (mathematics) The reduction to zero of elements of a matrix

The act or process of becoming sparse

simple past tense and past participle of sparsify

(mathematics, transitive) To make (a graph or a matrix) sparse.

spar.

(pharmacology) A chemical compound, initially discovered as a metabolite of the fungus Streptomyces sparsogenes, that inhibits protein synthesis.

(obsolete) sparsely

simple past tense and past participle of sparse