单词 | population |
释义 | population —populational, adj. —populationless, adj. /pop'yeuh lay"sheuhn/, n. 1. the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area. 2. the body of inhabitants of a place: The population of the city opposes the addition of fluorides to the drinking water. 3. the number or body of inhabitants of a particular race or class in a place: the native population; the working-class population. 4. Statistics. any finite or infinite aggregation of individuals, not necessarily animate, subject to a statistical study. 5. Ecol. a. the assemblage of a specific type of organism living in a given area. b. all the individuals of one species in a given area. 6. the act or process of populating: Population of the interior was hampered by dense jungles. [1570-80; < LL population- (s. of populatio). See POPULATE, -ION] |
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