 population |
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| 1. | [ noun ] the people who inhabit a territory or state | |
| Examples: | "the population seemed to be well fed and clothed" |
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| Related terms: | people home_front dwell | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (biology) a group of organisms of the same species populating a given area | |
| Examples: | "they hired hunters to keep down the deer population" |
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| Related terms: | group overpopulation | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn | |
| Synonyms: | universe | |
| Examples: | "it is an estimate of the mean of the population" |
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| Related terms: | collection subpopulation statistics | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (mathematics) the number of inhabitants in a given place (country or city etc.) | |
| Examples: | "people come and go, but the population of this town has remained approximately constant for the past decade" |
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| Related terms: | integer | |
| 5. | [ noun ] the act of populating (causing to live in a place) | |
| Synonyms: | populating | |
| Examples: | "he deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminals" |
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| Related terms: | colonization people | |
| Similar spelling: |
populating Poppleton populate populated |
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