What is the meaning of Sparse?

Having widely spaced intervals.

Not dense; meager; scanty

Having few nonzero elements

To disperse, to scatter.

third-person singular past historic of spargere (“to scatter; to spill”)

third-person singular past historic of sparire (“to disappear; to get lost”)

feminine plural of sparso

feminine plural of sparso

vocative masculine singular of sparsus

third-person singular simple perfect indicative of sparge

Source: wiktionary.org