sparsification

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of making something more sparse, especially a graph.
  2. The concentration of flora density nearest the tarmac (blacktop) versus the proportional absence of flora in the wider terrain (the grouping of trees near the road).

Word forms

sparsification sparsifications

Etymology

From sparse + -ification.

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