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1. (n.) population
the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
2. population
the body of inhabitants of a place.
3. population
the number or body of inhabitants of a particular race, class, or group in a place:
the working-class population.
4. population
any aggregation of things or individuals subject to statistical study.
5. population
the assemblage of organisms living in a given area.
6. population
all the individuals of one species in a given area.
7. population
the act or process of populating.
Etymology: (1570–80; < LL)
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| Definition of 'POPulation' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) population
the people who inhabit a territory or state
"the population seemed to be well fed and clothed"
2. (noun) population
a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area
"they hired hunters to keep down the deer population"
3. (noun) population, universe
(statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn
"it is an estimate of the mean of the population"
4. (noun) population
the number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place (country or city etc.)
"people come and go, but the population of this town has remained approximately constant for the past decade"; "the African-American population of Salt Lake City has been increasing"
5. (noun) population
the act of populating (causing to live in a place)
"he deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminals"
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1. (noun) population
the number of people or animals in a place
The population of this country has decreased over the last ten years.; population control
2. population
all the people in a place
The majority of the population cannot read or write.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) POPulation
the act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants
2. (noun) POPulation
the whole number of people, or inhabitants, in a country, or portion of a country; as, a population of ten millions
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. POPulation
The total number of individuals inhabiting a particular region or area.
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