population
population is a polysyllabic word with 4 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, population is hyphenated as:
Definitions ofpopulation
- The people living within a political or geographical boundary.
Example: "The population of New Jersey will not stand for this!"
- (by extension) The people with a given characteristic.
Example: "India has the third-largest population of English-speakers in the world."
- A count of the number of residents within a political or geographical boundary such as a town, a nation or the world.
Example: "The town’s population is only 243."
- A collection of organisms of a particular species, sharing a particular characteristic of interest, most often that of living in a given area.
Example: "A seasonal migration annually changes the populations in two or more biotopes drastically, many twice in opposite senses."
- A group of units (persons, objects, or other items) enumerated in a census or from which a sample is drawn.
- The act of filling initially empty items in a collection.
Example: "John clicked the Search button and waited for the population of the list to complete."
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