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Sparse

Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together; as, a sparse population.

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Distributed 84% connected

of Distribute

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Distributed 84% connected

of Distribute

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Spareness 74% connected

The quality or state of being lean or thin; leanness.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Spareness 74% connected

The quality or state of being lean or thin; leanness.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Thin 92% connected

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ban noun · 78% connection

A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's) vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled or su…

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Bernoulli's law noun · 78% connection

(statistics) law stating that a large number of items taken at random from a population will (on the average) have the population stat…

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Collapse verb · 78% connection

To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (…

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Compact p. p. & a · 78% connection

Closely or firmly united, as the particles of solid bodies; firm; close; solid; dense.

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Condense verb · 78% connection

To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize.

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Connivent adjective · 78% connection

Brought close together; arched inward so that the points meet; converging; in close contact; as, the connivent petals of a flower, win…

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Dense adjective · 78% connection

Having the constituent parts massed or crowded together; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque…

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Density noun · 78% connection

The quality of being dense, close, or thick; compactness; -- opposed to rarity.

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Fertility noun · 78% connection

the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year

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Furl verb · 78% connection

To draw up or gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as a sail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, or, as a flag, close to or arou…

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Glase verb · 78% connection

To apply thinly a transparent or semitransparent color to (another color), to modify the effect.

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Glaze verb · 78% connection

Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.

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Glazing noun · 78% connection

Transparent, or semitransparent, colors passed thinly over other colors, to modify the effect.

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Grass tree unknown · 78% connection

An Australian plant of the genus Xanthorrhoea, having a thick trunk crowned with a dense tuft of pendulous, grasslike leaves, from the…

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Hedge noun · 78% connection

A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also an…

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Incidence noun · 78% connection

The rate or number of new cases arising over time.

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Infilm verb · 78% connection

To cover with a film; to coat thinly; as, to infilm one metal with another in the process of gilding; to infilm the glass of a mirror.

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Law of large numbers noun · 78% connection

(statistics) law stating that a large number of items taken at random from a population will (on the average) have the population stat…

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