SUBPOPULATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does subpopulation mean? • SUBPOPULATION (noun)
The noun SUBPOPULATION has 1 sense:
1. a population that is part of a larger population
Familiarity information: SUBPOPULATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SUBPOPULATION (noun)
Meaning:
A population that is part of a larger population
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("subpopulation" is a kind of...):
population; universe ((statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn)
Domain category:
statistics (a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters)
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