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pop·u·la·tion
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population parameter
a quantity or statistical measure that, for a given population, is fixed and that is used as the value of a variable in some general distribution or frequency function to make it descriptive of that population: The mean and variance of a population are population parameters. -
malthusian
of or relating to the theories of T. R. Malthus, which state that population tends to increase faster, at a geometrical ratio, than the means of subsistence, which increases at an arithmetical ratio, and that this will result in an inadequate supply of the goods supporting life unless war, famine, or disease reduces the population or the increase of population is checked. -
population pressure
the force exerted by a growing population upon its environment, resulting in dispersal or reduction of the population. -
race
Cape, a cape at the SE extremity of Newfoundland. -
zero population growth
the maintenance of a population at a constant level by limiting the number of live births to that needed to replace the existing population. -
apportionment
the act of apportioning