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Definitions for: Sparse [adj] not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"
Webster (1913) Definition: Sparse, a. [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.
Sparse, v. t. [L. sparsus, p. p. of spargere to
scatter.]
To scatter; to disperse. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Synonyms: distributed, thin
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