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population definition

popu·la·tion (päp′yə lā′s̸hən)

noun

    1. all the people in a country, region, etc.
    2. the number of these
    3. a (specified) part of the people in a given area the Japanese population of Hawaii
  2. a populating or being populated
  3. Biol. a group of similar organisms living in the same region, esp. organisms of the same species
  4. Statistics the total set of items, persons, etc. from which a sample is taken

Etymology: LL populatio

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population Synonyms

population

n.

inhabitants, dwellers, people, citizenry, natives, group, residents, culture, community, state, populace; see also society 2.


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population Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • serve: Background The Bertram Diabetes Center serves a population of about 510,000 in East Norfolk, with a diabetes prevalence of 2.5 per cent.

Adjective modifier

  • civilian: For detection of these agents for the civilian population, of course, we have absolutely nothing.

Modifies a noun

  • density: The population density was assumed to be unchanged up to the year 2020.

Noun used with modifier

  • prison: Florida has the highest prison population per capita in the nation.
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population quotes

Unique in human experience, an event which happened yesterday but which everyone swears won't happen until tomorrow.

-Brunner,John Kilian Houston

The military system is, to a substantial extent, a method whereby the population provides a subsidy to the high technology industry.

-Chomsky, (Avram) Noam

Consider Ireland. Thus you have a starving population, an absentee aristocracy, and an alien Churchöand in addition, the weakest executive in the world. That is the Irish Question.

-Disraeli, Benjamin, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield

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