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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Sparse \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 \Sparse\, v. t. [L. sparsus, p. p. of spargere to
scatter.]
To scatter; to disperse. [Obs.] --Spenser.
資料來源 : WordNet®
sparse
adj : not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse" [syn: {thin}]
資料來源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
sparse
A sparse {matrix} (or {vector}, or {array}) is one in which
most of the elements are zero. If storage space is more
important than access speed, it may be preferable to store a
sparse matrix as a list of (index, value) pairs or use some
kind of {hash} scheme or {associative memory}.
(1995-01-16)