transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌpä-pyə-ˈlā-shən ]
noun
Etymology: Late Latin population-, populatio, from Latin populus
Date: 1612
1.
a. : the whole number of people or inhabitants in a country or region
b. : the total of individuals occupying an area or making up a whole
c. : the total of particles at a particular energy level — used especially of atoms in a laser
2. : the act or process of populating
3.
a. : a body of persons or individuals having a quality or characteristic in common
b.
(1) : the organisms inhabiting a particular locality
(2) : a group of interbreeding organisms that represents the level of organization at which speciation begins
4. : a group of individual persons, objects, or items from which samples are taken for statistical measurement
• pop·u·la·tion·al -shnəl, -shə-n ə l adjective