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Population Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
| MONASH Marketing Dictionary |
Population
in marketing research, the total group that a researcher wishes to study; also called the Universe.
in marketing research, the total group that a researcher wishes to study; also called the Universe.
| Sean_Woo's Finance,GIS & Real Estate Glossary |
population
not necessarily mean a collection of people, can also be a collection of any kind of item such as houses, books, and so forth. It involves all elements or members.
Note: opposite to sample
not necessarily mean a collection of people, can also be a collection of any kind of item such as houses, books, and so forth. It involves all elements or members.
Note: opposite to sample
Population Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Population
(n.)
The whole number of people, or inhabitants, in a country, or portion of a country; as, a population of ten millions.
(n.)
The act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants.
(n.)
The whole number of people, or inhabitants, in a country, or portion of a country; as, a population of ten millions.
(n.)
The act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants.
| WordNet 2.0 |
population
Noun
1. the people who inhabit a territory or state; "the population seemed to be well fed and clothed"
(hypernym) people
(hyponym) home front
(derivation) dwell, shack, reside, live, inhabit, people, populate, domicile, domiciliate
2. a group of organisms of the same species populating a given area; "they hired hunters to keep down the deer population"
(hypernym) group, grouping
(hyponym) overpopulation, overspill
3. (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn; "it is an estimate of the mean of the population"
(synonym) universe
(hypernym) collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
(hyponym) subpopulation
(classification) statistics
4. the number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place (country or city etc.); "people come and go, but the population of this town has remained approximately constant for the past decade"; "the African-American population of Salt Lake City has been increasing"
(hypernym) integer, whole number
5. the act of populating (causing to live in a place); "he deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminals"
(hypernym) colonization, colonisation, settlement
(derivation) people, populate
Noun
1. the people who inhabit a territory or state; "the population seemed to be well fed and clothed"
(hypernym) people
(hyponym) home front
(derivation) dwell, shack, reside, live, inhabit, people, populate, domicile, domiciliate
2. a group of organisms of the same species populating a given area; "they hired hunters to keep down the deer population"
(hypernym) group, grouping
(hyponym) overpopulation, overspill
3. (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn; "it is an estimate of the mean of the population"
(synonym) universe
(hypernym) collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
(hyponym) subpopulation
(classification) statistics
4. the number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place (country or city etc.); "people come and go, but the population of this town has remained approximately constant for the past decade"; "the African-American population of Salt Lake City has been increasing"
(hypernym) integer, whole number
5. the act of populating (causing to live in a place); "he deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminals"
(hypernym) colonization, colonisation, settlement
(derivation) people, populate
| hEnglish - advanced version |
population
population
\pop`u*la"tion\ (?), n. [l. populatio: cf. f. population.]
1. the act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants.
2. the whole number of people, or inhabitants, in a country, or portion of a country; as, a population of ten millions.
population
n
1. the people who inhabit a territory or state; "the population seemed to be well fed and clothed"
2. a group of organisms of the same species populating a given area; "they hired hunters to keep down the deer population"
3. (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn; "it is an estimate of the mean of the population" [syn: universe]
4. the number of inhabitants in a given place (country or city etc.); "people come and go, but the population of this town has remained approximately constant for the past decade"
5. the act of populating (causing to live in a place); "he deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminals"
population
\pop`u*la"tion\ (?), n. [l. populatio: cf. f. population.]
1. the act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants.
2. the whole number of people, or inhabitants, in a country, or portion of a country; as, a population of ten millions.
population
n
1. the people who inhabit a territory or state; "the population seemed to be well fed and clothed"
2. a group of organisms of the same species populating a given area; "they hired hunters to keep down the deer population"
3. (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn; "it is an estimate of the mean of the population" [syn: universe]
4. the number of inhabitants in a given place (country or city etc.); "people come and go, but the population of this town has remained approximately constant for the past decade"
5. the act of populating (causing to live in a place); "he deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminals"
Population Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
| EPA Glossary of Climate Change Terms |
Population
Group of individual organisms of the same species living within a defined area.
Group of individual organisms of the same species living within a defined area.
| EPA Terms of Environment |
Population
A group of interbreeding organisms occupying a particular space; the number of humans or other living creatures in a designated area.
A group of interbreeding organisms occupying a particular space; the number of humans or other living creatures in a designated area.
| Environmental Engineering (English ver.) |
population
the organisms inhabiting a particular area or biotope.
the organisms inhabiting a particular area or biotope.
Population Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Bioglossary |
Population
Description: A group of individuals with common ancestry that are much more likely to mate with one another than with individuals from another such group.
Source: Specialized encyclopedia and dictionaries
Description: A group of individuals with common ancestry that are much more likely to mate with one another than with individuals from another such group.
Source: Specialized encyclopedia and dictionaries
| ASTRONOMY UNBOUND |
Population I stars
A grouping of stars made by the German astronomer Walter Baade (c1944), indicating the younger stars, which are relatively rich in metals . They are found in the arms of spiral galaxies, associated with clouds of interstellar matter. The Sun is of this type.
A grouping of stars made by the German astronomer Walter Baade (c1944), indicating the younger stars, which are relatively rich in metals . They are found in the arms of spiral galaxies, associated with clouds of interstellar matter. The Sun is of this type.
Population II stars
A grouping by Walter Baade , which contains the red giants, and refers to older stars, found principally in elliptical galaxies, the centres of spiral galaxies and in globular clusters. They are deficient in in metals .
| Physical Geography Terms and Meanings |
Population
(1) Refers to all the individuals of a given species in a specific area or region at a certain time. Its significance is more than that of a number of individuals because not all individuals are identical. Populations contain genetic variation within themselves and between other populations. (2) A statistical population is the entire collection of people, animals, plants or things from which we may collect data from.
(1) Refers to all the individuals of a given species in a specific area or region at a certain time. Its significance is more than that of a number of individuals because not all individuals are identical. Populations contain genetic variation within themselves and between other populations. (2) A statistical population is the entire collection of people, animals, plants or things from which we may collect data from.
| Common Concepts in Statistics |
Population
The population is the universe of all the objects from which a sample could be drawn for an experiment.
The population is the universe of all the objects from which a sample could be drawn for an experiment.
| Fishery Glossary |
Population
A group of individuals of the same species, forming a breeding unit and sharing a habitat.
A group of individuals of the same species, forming a breeding unit and sharing a habitat.
| Biological Control |
Population
A group of individuals of the same species within a given space and time.
A group of individuals of the same species within a given space and time.
| CAVE AND KARST TERMINOLOGY |
POPULATION
Individuals of a species in a given locality which potentially form a single interbreeding group separated by physical barriers from other such populations (e.g. populations of the same species in two quite separate caves).
Individuals of a species in a given locality which potentially form a single interbreeding group separated by physical barriers from other such populations (e.g. populations of the same species in two quite separate caves).
| Web Dictionary of Cybernetics and Systems |
Population
Generally, a collection of individuals with common characteristics. In statistics, a potentially infinite collection of independent (see independence ) units that include all units of a specified type with attention paid only to the aggregate (see aggregation ) property of the collection. A sample of data drawn from this population is a subset of the units constituting this population and scientific generalizations from such samples are limited by the size of the population originally specified (see model, representation ). (Krippendorff )
Generally, a collection of individuals with common characteristics. In statistics, a potentially infinite collection of independent (see independence ) units that include all units of a specified type with attention paid only to the aggregate (see aggregation ) property of the collection. A sample of data drawn from this population is a subset of the units constituting this population and scientific generalizations from such samples are limited by the size of the population originally specified (see model, representation ). (Krippendorff )
Population Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English-Latin Online Dictionary |
population
frequentia
frequentia
wasting population
populatio
Population Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Glossary of Epidemiology Terms |
POPULATION.
The total number of inhabitants of a given area or country. In sampling, the population may refer to the units from which the sample is drawn, not necessarily the total population of people.
The total number of inhabitants of a given area or country. In sampling, the population may refer to the units from which the sample is drawn, not necessarily the total population of people.
Population Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English - Klingon |
population
n. roghvaH
n. roghvaH
Population Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Population
- This article is about human populations. For the biological study of animal populations see population biology.
- For the use of the word populations in statistics, see statistical population. For the album by The Most Serene Republic, see Population (album).
In sociology and biology a population is the collection of people or organisms of a particular species living in a given geographic area or mortality, and migration, though the field encompasses many dimensions of population change including the family (marriage and divorce), public health, work and the labor force, and family planning. Various aspects of human behavior in populations are also studied in sociology, economics, and geography. Study of populations is almost always governed by the laws of probability, and the conclusions of the studies may thus not always be applicable to some individuals. This odd factor may be reduced by statistical means, but such a generalization may be too vague to imply anything. Demography is used extensively in marketing, which relates to economic units, such as retailers, to potential customers. For example, a coffee shop that wants to sell to a younger audience looks at the demographics of an area to be able to appeal to this younger audience.
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