spread amount; application rate
Technical computing term for the quantity or rate at which something is distributed or applied, such as data spread or material application. The glosses 'irrelevance' and 'prevarication' appear to be erroneous or extremely rare; they are not reflected in the enhanced sense.
In this algorithm, the spread amount of data affects performance.
Compound of 散布 (さんぷ, 'scattering, distribution') and 量 (りょう, 'amount, quantity').