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sparse [spɑ:s, Am spɑ:rs] ADJ
1. sparse (scattered):
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Initial research into the effectiveness of the various alerting methods is sparse.
en.wikipedia.org For some textured surfaces, such as facial hair and woodgrain, he used a broad brush with bristles as sparse as a comb.
en.wikipedia.org Details of the last years of his life are sparse.
en.wikipedia.org The undercoat is short and dense, while the guard hairs are sparser.
en.wikipedia.org However, because of the sparse nature of the initial finds, the site was abandoned.
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www.travelnotes.de For the next hours we hiked through an impressive landscape with snowfields, hills, moors, lakes and rivers and with only a sparse vegetation.
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Für die nächsten Stunden wanderten wir durch eine eindrucksvolle Landschaft mit Schneefeldern, Hügeln, Mooren, Seen und Flüssen, in der es nur eine spärliche Vegetation gab.
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www.alpinfo.ch Tibesti is the highest mountain region in central Sahara, with a large number of extinct volcanoes of over 3000 metres in height, hot dry valleys with scattered oases and a sparse, mostly nomadic population.
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Der Tibesti ist das höchste Gebirgsland der mittleren Sahara, mit zahlreichen erloschenen Vulkanen von über 3000 Meter Höhe, heissen Trockentälern mit verstreuten Oasen und einer spärlichen, meist nomadisierenden Bevölkerung.
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www.pyrgus.de I found such overwintering, mature caterpillars in mid-October 2006 in the southern Engadine at 2500m above sea level together with pupae of Pontia callidice, larvae of Erebia pandrose, Setina aurita, Parasemia plantaginis, Phragmatobia fuliginosa, Zygaena exulans and Hypodryas cynthia under the sparse stones in small cavities loosely curled.
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Solche überwinternden, erwachsene Raupen fand ich Mitte Oktober 2006 im südlichen Engadin auf 2500 m NN zusammen mit Puppen von Pontia callidice, Raupen von Erebia pandrose, Setina aurita, Parasemia plantaginis, Phragmatobia fuliginosa, Zygaena exulans und Hypodryas cynthia unter den im Habitat spärlichen Steinen in kleinen Höhlungen locker eingerollt.
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www.simtech.uni-stuttgart.de This task is complicated by uncertain measurements and sparse datasets, especially for quantitative dynamic models, which lead to ill-posed inverse problems.
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Diese Aufgabe wird erschwert durch fehlerbehaftete und spärlich vorhandene Messungen, was insbesondere für quantitative, dynamische Modelle zu schlecht konditionierten inversen Problemen führt.
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www.donaufestival.at With sparse but all the more powerful signals, Ginzburg and Purgas transform any old setting into a single viscous time-space magma.
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Mit spärlichen, dafür umso wirkmächtigeren Signalen verwandeln Ginzburg und Purgas jede beliebige Umgebung in ein einziges zähflüssiges Raum-Zeit-Magma.
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