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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Population

/päpˌ-yəl-āsh'-ən/ · Pop·u·la·tion · IPA /ˌpɑ.pjəˈleɪ.ʃən/
01 n. The act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants.
  1. 1.
    The act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants.
  2. 2.
    The whole number of people, or inhabitants, in a country, or portion of a country; as, a population of ten millions.