sparse

sparse... purse of the ladies.. now a days which is so small and thin...

Sparse sounds like Parsi(one group of people),who are not many in INDIA but THINLY SCATTERED or SCANTILY present.

sparse:spare parts, spare parts are arranged in diff.. locations of an automobile,and they are small.

S(hort)+PARSE(purse)-not thick....

Sparse matrices have very few non zero elements