"sparsity" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sparsities [plural]
Etymology: From sparse + -ity. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sparse|ity}} sparse + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} sparsity (usually uncountable, plural sparsities)
  1. The property of being sparse; sparseness. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (the property of being sparse): рядкост (rjadkost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), parcimonie [feminine] (French), sparsité [feminine] (French), Seltenheit (German), matrices: Dünnbesetztheit (German), escasez [feminine] (Spanish)

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