Noun: sparsity spaa(r)-si-tee
- The property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness
"The sparsity of trees in the desert landscape was striking";
- sparseness, spareness, thinness
Derived forms: sparsities
Type of: exiguity, leanness, meagerness [N. Amer], meagreness [Brit, Cdn], poorness, scantiness, scantness, skimpiness
Encyclopedia: Sparsity