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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pop•u•la•tion /ˌpɑpyəˈleɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. - the total number of persons, animals, or other living things living in a country, city, etc.: [countable]a population of over 2 billion people.[uncountable]a definite decrease in population.
- the people living in a place:[uncountable]The population is completely terrorized by the secret police.
- the (number of) people living in an area that are of a particular race, class, or group:[uncountable]the working-class population.
- Statistics any collection of things or individuals being studied, as in statistics:[countable]a sample population of six hundred raccoons.
See -pop-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pop•u•la•tion (pop′yə lā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
- the body of inhabitants of a place:The population of the city opposes the addition of fluorides to the drinking water.
- the number or body of inhabitants of a particular race or class in a place:the native population; the working-class population.
- Statisticsany finite or infinite aggregation of individuals, not necessarily animate, subject to a statistical study.
- [Ecol.]
- the assemblage of a specific type of organism living in a given area.
- all the individuals of one species in a given area.
- the act or process of populating:Population of the interior was hampered by dense jungles.
- Late Latin populātiōn- (stem of populātiō). See populate, -ion
- 1570–80
pop′u•la′tion•al, adj. pop′u•la′tion•less, adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: population /ˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃən/ n - (sometimes functioning as plural) all the persons inhabiting a country, city, or other specified place
- the number of such inhabitants
- (sometimes functioning as plural) all the people of a particular race or class in a specific area: the Chinese population of San Francisco
- the act or process of providing a place with inhabitants; colonization
- a group of individuals of the same species inhabiting a given area
- either of two main groups of stars classified according to age and location. Population I consists of younger metal-rich hot white stars, many occurring in galactic clusters and forming the arms of spiral galaxies. Stars of population II are older, the brightest being red giants, and are found in the centre of spiral and elliptical galaxies in globular clusters
Also called: universe the entire finite or infinite aggregate of individuals or items from which samples are drawn
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