Definition of Sparser

1. Adjective. (comparative of sparse) ¹

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Definition of Sparser

1. sparse [adj] - See also: sparse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sparser

sparrowhawk
sparrowhawks
sparrowless
sparrowlike
sparrows
sparrowwort
sparry
spars
sparse
sparsely
sparseness
sparsenesses
sparsening
sparser (current term)
sparsest
sparsification
sparsified
sparsifier
sparsifiers
sparsify
sparsifying
sparsing
sparsities
sparsity
sparsomycin
sparstone
spart
spartanly

Literary usage of Sparser

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1901)
"punctures sparser on the disc, closer at the edges, tessellate all over; scutellum with smaller and sparser punctures ; pleura with long white pubescence ..."

2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1903)
"NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. distinctly and closely punctured, more coarsely apically, not reflexed, the ventral surface with larger, sparser punctures ..."

3. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1902)
"punctures sparser on the disc, closer at the edges, tessellate all over ; scutellum with smaller and sparser punctures ; pleura with long white pubescence ..."

4. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia by Royal Society of South Australia (1905)
"... with coarse punctures at sides, upper surface with moderately strong punctures on basal half, but becoming much smaller and sparser towards apex. ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... in the second place, smaller and sparser groups of French-speaking farmers (at times woodsmen and miners as well), to be found in the Western country, ..."

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