sparse
adj/spɑːs/UK/spɑːɹs/US
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sparsus.
- borrowed from sparsus
Definitions
Having widely spaced intervals.
- a sparse array, index, or matrix
Not dense
Not dense; meager; scanty
Having few nonzero elements
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To disperse, to scatter.
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The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at sparse. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at sparse. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at sparse
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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