sparseness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

sparseness
    n 1: the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking
         denseness [syn: {sparseness}, {spareness}, {sparsity},
         {thinness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sparseness \Sparse"ness\, n.
   The quality or state of being sparse; as, sparseness of
   population.
   [1913 Webster]

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