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sparsify

sparsify verb: to make (a graph or a matrix) sparse.

Verb

sparsify (third-person singular simple present sparsifies, present participle sparsifying, simple past and past participle sparsified)

  1. (transitive) To make (a graph or a matrix) sparse.

Forms of sparsify

third-person singular presentsparsifies
present participlesparsifying
past participlesparsified
pastsparsified

Origin of sparsify

From sparse + -ify.

Words formed from sparsify

Questions about sparsify

What does sparsify mean?
Sparsify means to make (a graph or a matrix) sparse.
What part of speech is sparsify?
Sparsify is a verb.
What is the past tense of sparsify?
The past tense of sparsify is sparsified.

Words near sparsify in the dictionary

  1. sparsified
  2. sparsifier
  3. sparsifiers
  4. sparsifies
  5. sparsiflorous
  6. sparsify
  7. sparsifying
  8. sparsing
  9. sparsistency
  10. sparsistent
  11. sparsities

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