populasi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch populatie, from Latin populātiō, populare (“to populate”), populus (“a people, population”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /popuˈlasi/
• Rhymes: -si, -i
• Hyphenation: po‧pu‧la‧si

Noun

populasi (plural populasi-populasi, first-person possessive populasiku, second-person possessive populasimu, third-person possessive populasinya)

1. population:
   1. The people living within a political or geographical boundary.
   2. The people with a given characteristic.
   3. (biology) A collection of organisms of a particular species, sharing a particular characteristic of interest, most often that of living in a given area.
   4. (statistics) A group of units (persons, objects, or other items) enumerated in a census or from which a sample is drawn.

Derived terms

• berpopulasi

 

• genetika populasi
• populasi baku

 

Further reading

• “populasi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.