POPULATION


Meaning of POPULATION in English

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.