sparse — Английский словарь

Прилагательное

1. Having widely spaced intervals.

   Примеры

   a sparse array, index, or matrix

   Другие примеры (1)

   The Leicester to Grimsby service will become hourly throughout (with some extensions to Cleethorpes as at present), while a new hourly Peterborough to Doncaster service via Spalding, Sleaford and Lincoln will join up two routes with a sparse service at present.

2. Not dense; meager; scanty

3. Having few nonzero elements

Глагол

1. To disperse, to scatter.

   Употребление

   • вышедшее из употребления

   Примеры

   Другие примеры (1)

   They began properly to ſparſe pretye rumours in the North, that no man ſhulde eate whyte breade, no man eate pygge, gooſe, or capon, without he agreed before with the kynge.

Прилагательное

1. not dense

   Синонимы

   thin

   Примеры

   a thin beard

   trees were sparse