Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)The property of being sparse; sparseness.

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More definitions
  • the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness

Examples

3 sentences
  1. The sparsity of evidence made the historian cautious.

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  2. The sparsity of trees made the landscape feel almost empty.

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  3. The sparsity of houses suggested that few people lived in the valley.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
the property of being sparse:

Forms

plural: sparsities
Singularsparsity

uncountable

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedsparse

See also

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