noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of making something more sparse, especially a graph.
2. 2
   The concentration of flora density nearest the tarmac (blacktop) versus the proportional absence of flora in the wider terrain (the grouping of trees near the road).

Etymology

From sparse + -ification.

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