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sub·pop·u·la·tion

(sŭb′pŏp-yə-lā′shən)

A part or subdivision of a population, especially one originating from some other population: microbial subpopulations.

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subpopulation

(ˌsʌbpɒpjʊˈleɪʃən)

(Statistics) statistics a subgroup of a statistical population

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Noun 1. subpopulation - a population that is part of a larger population

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

universe, population - (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn; "it is an estimate of the mean of the population"

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subpopulation

[ˈsʌbˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃən] N → subgrupo m de población

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