populasi

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

populasi

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

Compounds

• genetika populasi
• populasi baku

See also

• penduduk

Further reading

• “populasi”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016