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Genome assembly algorithm
genomes projects. SPAdes works with Ion Torrent, PacBio, Oxford Nanopore, and Illumina paired-end, mate-pairs and single reads. SPAdes has been integrated
SPAdes_(software)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up spade in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A spade is a digging and gardening tool. Spade or Spades may also refer to: Spades (card game), a trick-taking
Spade_(disambiguation)
Windows software tracking e-mail spam
Sam Spade is a discontinued Windows software tool designed to assist in tracking down sources of e-mail spam. The same name was also used for a related
Sam_Spade_(software)
Card game
card except spades on the first trick, unless the player has nothing but spades (rare, as the player would have to have been dealt every spade in the deck)
Spades_(card_game)
Microsoft is a developer of personal computer software. It is best known for its Windows operating system, Internet Explorer and subsequent Microsoft Edge
List_of_Microsoft_software
Algorithm package
problem and simplify the running of Velvet. De novo sequence assemblers SPAdes (software) Zerbino, D. R. (2010). "Using the Velvetde novo Assembler for Short-Read
Velvet_assembler
Email spam reporting service
techniques § Reporting spam Blue Frog E-mail spam List poisoning Sam Spade (software) Spam (electronic) The Spamhaus Project Harbarczyk, Izabela (2023-06-29)
SpamCop
Type of solitaire game
usually Spades and Hearts. Spider 1 Suit: Same as classic Spider solitaire, except this game is played with only 1 suit instead of 4, usually Spades. Relaxed
Spider_(solitaire)
English rock band (1975–2015)
with producer Vic Maile. The "Ace of Spades" single was released on 27 October 1980 as a preview of the Ace of Spades album, which followed on 8 November
Motörhead
Audio player for macOS
and develop it as of 2026. Free and open-source software portal Comparison of audio player software Cog - News Archived 2009-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
Cog_(software)
Card game
partnership trick-taking game of spades has a similar mechanism: the usual trick-taking rules apply with the trump suit being spades, but in the beginning of
Contract_bridge
French playing card variation
of the suits. In a typical English four-color deck, hearts are red and spades are black as usual, but clubs are green and diamonds are blue. However,
Four-color_deck
American video game developer
compensate Faylona. When partnering with Nerf to release a Nerf Ace of Spades gun based on that used by popular character Cayde-6, artist Tofu_Rabbit
Bungie
Topics referred to by the same term
software company now part of Symantec Queen of the South F.C., a Scottish football club Qos (deity), the national god of the Edomites Queen of spades
QOS
Programming language
on the Ada programming language, intended for developing high-integrity software used in systems where predictable and highly reliable operation is essential
SPARK_(programming_language)
Classic board and card game website
Gin rummy Hearts Oh hell Pan Pinochle Skat Spades Switch Kurnik is also a host for the biggest free software dictionary available for the Polish language
PlayOK
Intelligent Physical Agents (FIPA) is a body for developing and setting computer software standards for heterogeneous and interacting agents and agent-based systems
Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents
Foundation_for_Intelligent_Physical_Agents
American game developer and publisher
3D Bridge Deluxe 3D Hearts Deluxe 3D Pitch Deluxe 3D Euchre Deluxe 3D Spades Deluxe 3D Crazy Eights Active Lancer Airburst Airburst Extreme Arcane Arena
Freeverse_Inc.
Solitaire card game
built upon another that is any suit other than its own (e.g. spades cannot be placed over spades) and spaces can be filled by any card or sequence. Whitehead:
Klondike_(solitaire)
Mobile phone
Boulder Dash by Instacom ltd. and First Star Software. It also featured a version of the classic card game spades, developed by Skava. The i860 was also capable
Motorola_i860
Middle Eastern card game
cards have, for example, no face cards except for one Jack of spades and only two other spades the Jack is considered unsupported and they may ask for a reshuffle
Tarneeb
audio players compares general and technical information for a number of software media player programs. For the purpose of this comparison, "audio players"
Comparison of audio player software
Comparison_of_audio_player_software
Element representing a value on a grid in three dimensional space
open-world survival horror game developed by The Fun Pimps Entertainment. Ace of Spades used Ken Silverman's Voxlap engine before being rewritten in a bespoke OpenGL
Voxel
American software engineer (1956–2024)
face appears on the 7 of Spades on the USENIX 1994 Playing Card Deck. In February 1992 Karels moved to BSDI (Berkeley Software Design) and designed BSD/OS
Michael_J._Karels
Casino gambling machine
for the house, two cards were typically removed from the deck, the ten of spades and the jack of hearts, doubling the odds against winning a royal flush
Slot_machine
American crime thriller television series (2013–2023)
created by Jon Bokenkamp and developed by John Eisendrath. It stars James Spader as Raymond Reddington, an international criminal and one of the FBI's Most
The_Blacklist
STD 20. RFC 862. Retrieved 2016-09-28. "TCP and UDP ports used by Apple software products". Support. Apple (published 2021-06-14). 2014-11-08. Archived
List of TCP and UDP port numbers
List_of_TCP_and_UDP_port_numbers
List of characters appearing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
identity of Spider-Man to J. Jonah Jameson, and uploads a copy of Mysterio's software onto a flash drive. As of 2026,[update] the character has appeared in two
Characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: M–Z
Characters_of_the_Marvel_Cinematic_Universe:_M–Z
Topics referred to by the same term
of spades Blackjack (Atari 2600 video game), a video game cartridge developed by Atari Blackjack, an NES video game developed by Odyssey Software; See
Black_Jack
1994 film by Roland Emmerich
first entry in the eponymous media franchise and stars Kurt Russell, James Spader, Jaye Davidson, Alexis Cruz, Mili Avital, and Viveca Lindfors. The plot
Stargate_(film)
of the term shareware for free-trial software. He wrote several shareware games: CardShark Hearts, CardShark Spades, and CardShark Bridge Tutor. Nelson
Nelson_Ford
eligible Xbox Preview program users with a beta update to the Xbox One system software. The dashboard update containing backward compatibility was released publicly
List of backward-compatible games for Xbox One and Series X/S
List_of_backward-compatible_games_for_Xbox_One_and_Series_X/S
Process of creating circuit boards
vector. Software that produces tool paths using raster calculation method tends to have lower resolution of processing than the vector based software since
Printed_circuit_board_milling
Type of metamodeling
Meta-process modeling is a type of metamodeling used in software engineering and systems engineering for the analysis and construction of models applicable
Meta-process_modeling
2012 American film by Andrew Stanton
adventure, even the initially befuddling double-frame story pays off, in spades. For me, this is the first movie of its kind in a very long time that I'd
John_Carter_(film)
Jones Indices. February 27, 2025. Retrieved March 5, 2025. "Guidewire Software Set to Join S&P MidCap 400; Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals to Join S&P SmallCap
List_of_S&P_400_companies
American game programmer (born 1975)
Silverman in 2005, allowing commercial derivatives with permission. Ace of Spades, a 2011 online multiplayer shooter, was developed from the Voxlap engine
Ken_Silverman
Disney animated film
supervisor Steve Goldberg who spearheaded the department, the Maya software included the software program "Shelf Control" that provided an outline of characters
Chicken_Little_(2005_film)
Enough 2000 PS1 Black Ops Entertainment 7554 2011 WIN Emobi Games Ace of Spades 2011 WIN Ben Aksoy Alien Arena 2004 WIN, OSX, LIN, BSD COR Entertainment
List_of_first-person_shooters
American animated film
sequence, the production team developed crowd simulation software called Attila. This software allows thousands of unique characters to move autonomously
Mulan_(1998_film)
1993 video game
Cannon Fodder is a 1993 shoot 'em up video game developed by Sensible Software and published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment for the Amiga. Virgin
Cannon_Fodder_(video_game)
American social media personality (born 2004)
following month, she and her family became brand ambassadors and advisors for software company Lightricks, under an equity deal. In March, D'Amelio appeared in
Charli_D'Amelio
(April 18, 2019). "The Weather Channel knocked off air by 'malicious software attack'". CNN Business. WarnerMedia. Retrieved April 18, 2019. LATE NIGHT
2019_in_American_television
American producer of playing cards
the company's premium brands. Until the late 1980s, the Aviator Ace of Spades and Joker carried no specific branding. Aviator cards were often used as
United States Playing Card Company
United_States_Playing_Card_Company
1980 video game
Micro 1982 Panic Visions Software Factory ZX Spectrum 1982 VIC Panic Bug Byte VIC-20 1983 Monsters in Hell Softek Software ZX Spectrum 1983 Bonka J.
Space_Panic
1989 video game
jewels to fruit, squares, dice, or playing card suits (clubs, diamonds, spades, and hearts). In 1990, Compile and Telenet Japan developed and published
Columns_(video_game)
British television broadcaster (born 1953)
Guardian. Retrieved 6 July 2021. Siddique, Haroon (27 July 2020). "Met use software which the Guardian incorrectly reported has been deployed to see if ethnic
Trevor_Phillips
Measure of women's representation in fiction
screenwriting software developers began incorporating functions that allow writers to analyze their scripts for gender representation. Software with such
Bechdel_test
Season of television series
residing in a New York suburb, Aram Mojtabai (Amir Arison) developed security software and ran his own business, Dembe Zuma (Hisham Tawfiq) was assigned as an
The_Blacklist_season_9
(A) List of best-selling PC games List of free PC games List of video game emulators Lists of video games "AstroFire". "ORT Software". "ORT Software".
List_of_PC_games_(A)
American software company
Paperless Post is a software company based in New York City that enables creating, sending, and managing online invitations and events. Paperless Post
Paperless_Post
British video game developer and publisher
eyes on the Ace of Spades launch trailer". Massively. Retrieved 14 December 2012. "Ace of Spades' Future – Update :: Ace of Spades General Discussions"
Jagex
2007 video game
action-adventure game for the PlayStation Portable, developed by Vicious Cycle Software and published by D3 Publisher. It was released in North America on August
Dead_Head_Fred
Bioinformatics technique
several different assembly software packages in combination with hybrid sequence data. They concluded that the ALLPATHS-LG and SPAdes algorithms were superior
Scaffolding_(bioinformatics)
Webcam accessory for the Xbox 360
3D (in lobbies) Gin Rummy Hardwood Backgammon Hardwood Hearts Hardwood Spades Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Tom Clancy's
Xbox_Live_Vision
Decade of the Gregorian calendar (1990–1999)
service Napster, which launched in Fall 1999, was the first peer-to-peer software to become massively popular. While at the time it was possible to share
1990s
Season of television series
concluded the series on July 13, 2023, with the final two episodes. James Spader, Diego Klattenhoff, Hisham Tawfiq, and Harry Lennix returned for the season
The_Blacklist_season_10
permitted to complete his engagement conducting Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades. This followed an announcement by New York City's Carnegie Hall that it
Non-government reactions to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Non-government_reactions_to_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine
from great works of literature. 1996 – In Jim Cowan's short story "The Spade of Reason" (published in Century 4, 1996), the main character seeks to find
Infinite monkey theorem in popular culture
Infinite_monkey_theorem_in_popular_culture
Method of DNA sequence reconstruction
assemblers. For a list of mapping aligners, see List of sequence alignment software § Short-read sequence alignment. Some of the common tools used in different
Sequence_assembly
public test of autonomous vehicles. Iran claims to have developed antivirus software capable of defending against the powerful Flame cyberweapon, which has
2012_in_science
Audretsch (born 1954), American economist David Auerbach, American writer and software engineer David Aufhauser (born 19..), American lawyer,General Counsel of
List of people with given name David
List_of_people_with_given_name_David
Natural number
Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). This is the age at which the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) assesses for T-rated games and the Motion Picture Association
13_(number)
British sitcom (1982–1984)
possessions—making the task harder. The game was published by Orpheus Software, based in Hatley St George in Bedfordshire. The Young Ones characters were
The_Young_Ones_(TV_series)
International airport serving London, England
Airports and the Aviation Industry. 23 March 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2025. Software, Caria (31 March 2024). "SunExpress opens 2024 in UK, goes for big capacity
Gatwick_Airport
Computer gaming online service
games such as Quake, as well as card and board games such as Scrabble and Spades. They were one of the first major commercial communities on the internet
Mplayer.com
computer programmer, businessman and founder of the computer security software company McAfee, hanging Allyson McConnell (2013), Australian-Canadian woman
List of suicides (2000–present)
List_of_suicides_(2000–present)
1990 film by Richard Stanley
which is primarily electronic. The film also features the songs "Ace of Spades" by Motörhead, "Stigmata" by Ministry, and "The Order of Death" by Public
Hardware_(film)
American superhero media franchise
Ultron after previously doing so in What If...?, in which he replaced James Spader. Chris Waitt directed Rudd and Lilly's content, which was written by Steven
Marvel_Cinematic_Universe
Gaming World. No. 74. Software Publishers Association. September 1990. p. 8. "Kyrandia Advert". Computer Gaming World. No. 96. Software Publishers Association
List of Westwood Studios games
List_of_Westwood_Studios_games
Rapid transit system in the US
Transportation John A. Volpe, and Maryland Governor Marvin Mandel tossed the first spades of dirt at Judiciary Square. The first portion of the system opened on March
Washington_Metro
Japanese luxury vehicle brand owned by Toyota
The redesigned GX 460 was also voluntarily recalled in April 2010 for a software update, one week after Consumer Reports issued a recommendation not to
Lexus
2011 film by Michael Bay
and boss at Accuretta Systems. Ken Jeong as Jerry "Deep" Wang: Paranoid software programmer at Sam's work. Glenn Morshower as General Morshower: The director
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Transformers:_Dark_of_the_Moon
"First 'VisionQuest' Footage: Paul Bettany's Vision Reunites With James Spader's Ultron in Marvel Series". TheWrap. Archived from the original on May 12
Outline of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Outline_of_the_Marvel_Cinematic_Universe
Fantasy role-playing game
non-magic-using classes were provided with parallel sets of options. Software tools, including player character and monster-building programs, became
Dungeons_&_Dragons
Vietnamese automotive company
automotive publications were mixed, with critics noting limited range, software issues, and pricing above comparable established rivals. In late 2023 the
VinFast
Japanese sports car
250. The latter uses a traditional wet torque converter design, but its software has been engineered to mimic the response of a dual-clutch transmission
Toyota_86
1999 video game
the game, a persistent feeling of paranoia. The Nemesis brings that on in spades. When it disappears after the first confrontation, you live in constant
Resident_Evil_3:_Nemesis
litigation in 2013 challenged these findings. Expert testimony suggested that software problems in the car's Electronic Throttle Control System could trigger
2009–2011 Toyota vehicle recalls
2009–2011_Toyota_vehicle_recalls
2009 Microsoft operating system version
Garden, Heritage, Landscape, Quirky, Raga, Savanna, and Sonata. Internet Spades, Internet Backgammon and Internet Checkers, which were removed in Windows
Windows_7
Anglo-American VSTOL ground-attack aircraft
Black Sheep" (1989–2022) VMA-223 "Bulldogs" (1987–2026) VMA-231 "Ace of Spades" (1985–2025) VMA-311 "Tomcats" (1988–2020) VMA-331 "Bumblebees" (1985–1992)
McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II
McDonnell_Douglas_AV-8B_Harrier_II
Israeli air defense system
(BMC): the control center is built for Rafael by mPrest Systems, an Israeli software company. Missile Firing Unit: the unit launches the Tamir interceptor missile
Iron_Dome
Chinese currency
Shipping Silk Software Steel Telecommunications Television digital Tourism Textiles Video gaming Wine Development Zones Dalian Software Park Megalopolises
Yuan_(currency)
1997 video game
game are a good plot coupled with strong dialogue. This game has both, in spades".[citation needed] Although Adventure Gamers cited the graphic style's "refusal
The_Curse_of_Monkey_Island
Topics referred to by the same term
mixer Mixmaster anonymous remailer, a Type II anonymous remailer network software Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster, a prototype American bomber A nickname for the
Mixmaster
Specialized computer language used to describe electronic circuits
explicit notations for expressing concurrency. However, in contrast to most software programming languages, HDLs also include an explicit notion of time, which
Hardware_description_language
financial services Bloomberg business services Bloomingdale's retail Booker Software, Inc. business services Booz & Company consulting Bowlero Corporation bowling
List of companies based in New York City
List_of_companies_based_in_New_York_City
AMD computing architecture
which AMD acquired in 2022). For AI inference, an AI engine consists of software layers that run AI workloads and manage memory and scheduling to simplify
AI_engine
Hybrid compact car produced by Toyota
and part-time associates working more than 20 hours per week. Google, software company Hyperion Solutions, and organic food and drink producer Clif Bar
Toyota_Prius
Type of die
variety of poker dice varies slightly in regard to suits, though the ace of spades is almost universally represented. 9♣ and 10♦ are frequently found, while
Poker_dice
Internet Hearts (not to be confused with Hearts), Internet Reversi, Internet Spades, and Internet Checkers have been removed. Although freely playable online
List of features removed in Windows Vista
List_of_features_removed_in_Windows_Vista
Motor vehicle
Priuses in the U.S. and 52,000 in Europe, are to receive an anti-lock brake software update to fix brake response over rough roads,[citation needed] following
Toyota_Prius_(XW30)
Data analytics company
Pro system. Global in scope, JOOR clients include Neiman Marcus and Kate Spade and Balenciaga. The company has 250 employees including 100 in New York
JOOR
the actual attack. Some of the tools used for Footprinting include Sam Spade, nslookup, traceroute, Nmap and neotrace. DNS queries Network enumeration
Footprinting
Software in bioinformatics
Sergey I.; Pham, Son; Prjibelski, Andrey D.; Pyshkin, Alexey V. (May 2012). "SPAdes: A New Genome Assembly Algorithm and Its Applications to Single-Cell Sequencing"
De_novo_sequence_assemblers
Entertainment Ace of Spades 2012 Jagex Jagex Ace Online 2006 MasangSoft Yedang Ace Ventura: The CD-Rom Game 1996 7th Level Bomico Entertainment Software Aces of the
Index_of_Windows_games_(A)
Technique for dimensionality reduction
Katherine L.; Melkumyan, Arman (2019-04-01). "A comparison of t-SNE, SOM and SPADE for identifying material type domains in geological data". Computers & Geosciences
T-distributed stochastic neighbor embedding
T-distributed_stochastic_neighbor_embedding
1998 animated film
Melanie Chartoff, Michael Bell, and Joe Alaskey, along with guest stars David Spade, Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret Cho, Busta Rhymes, and Tim Curry. The film takes
The_Rugrats_Movie
US Supreme Court justice since 2009
victim to increasing heroin use, crime, and the emergence of the Black Spades gang. In 1970, the family found refuge by moving to Co-op City in the Northeast
Sonia_Sotomayor
Input method
][clarification needed] This input method is emulated by many pieces of software (such as later versions of MS-DOS and Windows) that do not use the BIOS
Alt_code
SPADES SOFTWARE
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Sparks.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Blade, from the plural or genitive singular form.English : habitational name from a place of uncertain location and origin. Its status as a habitational name is deduced from early forms cited by Reaney, such as Alan de Bladis (Leicestershire 1230), Hugh de Bladis (Staffordshire 1258), and William de Blades (Yorkshire 1301).
Surname or Lastname
English (southern)
English (southern) : topographic name from Middle English slade ‘small valley’, or a habitational name from any of the places named with this word (Old English slæd), for example in Devon and Somerset, or Slad in Gloucestershire.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from Middle English slade, SLADE means "small valley."
Girl/Female
Biblical
Spaces, places.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a prominent post or stake, for example a boundary marker, from Middle English stake ‘post’, ‘stake’, or from the same word used as a nickname for a tall, thin person.
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon Welsh
Spares.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Spire 1.
Surname or Lastname
English (East Midlands and South Yorkshire)
English (East Midlands and South Yorkshire) : possibly a metonymic occupational name for a stave maker, from the plural of Middle English staf ‘rod’, ‘staff’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
Henry VI, Part 2' Lord Scales.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Spike.
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : in all probability from the Swale river in Yorkshire. (Reaney and Wilson list a 17th-century example, Swayles, with this origin.) Alternatively, it may be a metronymic from the Old Norse female personal name Svala.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a frugal person, from Middle English spare ‘sparing’, ‘frugal’.
Biblical
spaces; places
Girl/Female
Maori
Open spaces.
Biblical
see Hell (the grave or place of the dead), “brought down to hell†(hades), i.e., simply to the lowest debasement, descent of Christ into Hell, the death and burial of Jesus, The adobe of departed spirits
Male
English
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic PáidÃn, PADEN means "little patrician" or "little noble."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Speake.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English salwes ‘sallows’, a topographic name for someone who lived by a group of sallow trees (see Sale 2).Catalan and Asturian-Leonese : a habitational name from any of the places called Sales, like Sales de Llierca (Catalonia) or Sales (Asturies), from the plural of Sala 1. This name is specially common in Catalonia.Portuguese : habitational name from a place that is probably so called from a Germanic personal name of uncertain form and derivation.Portuguese : religious byname adopted since the 17th century in honor of St. Francis of Sales (1567–1622), who was born at the Château de Sales in Savoy.French (Salès) : habitational name from places named Salès in Cantal and Tarn.
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Boy/Male
Hebrew American
Sun child; bright sun.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Brittle; A Student of Hadith; Daughter of Abdullah Bin Damirah
Girl/Female
Tamil
Sindhoori | ஸீநà¯à®¤à¯‚ரீÂ
Kumkum
Boy/Male
English
Wealthy glory.
Girl/Female
English American Greek
Derived from the precious stone Beryl, a gemstone of varying colors; often yellow-green. Famous...
Boy/Male
Hindu
Total bliss
Female
English
English name derived from Italian Orabella, ORABEL means "golden beautiful."
Girl/Female
Bengali, Indian
Shine of Nature
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a grove (see Barrow 1) or an ancient burial mound (see Barrow 2).
Boy/Male
Tamil
The self
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pl.
of Spadix
n.
One who, or that which, shades.
n.
A minute difference or variation, as of thought, belief, expression, etc.; also, the quality or degree of anything which is distinguished from others similar by slight differences; as, the shades of meaning in synonyms.
n.
Any one of various other arachnids resembling the true spiders, especially certain mites, as the red spider (see under Red).
imp. & p. p.
of Spade
n.
One who, or that which, spades; specifically, a digging machine.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Spade
n.
Same as Spade, 2.
n.
The nether world (according to classical mythology, the abode of the shades, ruled over by Hades or Pluto); the invisible world; the grave.
n.
One of that suit of cards each of which bears one or more figures resembling a spade.
v. t.
To dig with a spade; to pare off the sward of, as land, with a spade.
n.
One who spares.
pl.
of Spadix
n.
The soul after its separation from the body; -- so called because the ancients it to be perceptible to the sight, though not to the touch; a spirit; a ghost; as, the shades of departed heroes.
n.
To arrange or adjust the spaces in or between; as, to space words, lines, or letters.
a.
Platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often bearing spines; pertaining to the placoids.
n.
A genus of spiders, including the common garden spider (E. diadema). They spin geometrical webs. See Garden spider.
superl.
Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together; as, a sparse population.