(linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts
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(linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts
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A numbering of the people, and valuation of their estate, for the purpose of imposing taxes, etc.; -- usually made once in five years.
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Population geography.The state or quality of being compact; close union of parts; density.
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Population geography.The act or process of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated; concentration.
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Population geography.the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Population geography.the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Population geography.of or relating to demography; "demographic surveys"
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Population geography.the amount per unit size
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Population geography.The quality of being dense, close, or thick; compactness; -- opposed to rarity.
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Population geography.The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retaine…
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Population geography.The act of distributing or dispensing; the act of dividing or apportioning among several or many; apportionment; as, the distribution…
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Population geography.the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Population geography.The state or quality of being fertile or fruitful; fruitfulness; productiveness; fecundity; richness; abundance of resources; fertile…
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Population geography.The act of migrating.
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Population geography.The condition or quality of being mortal; subjection to death or to the necessity of dying.
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Population geography.the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Population geography.a periodic count of the population
Used in the same subject area: Geography, Population geography.a periodic count of the population
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The act of wandering; deviation, especially from truth or moral rectitude, from the natural state, or from a type.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: linguistics, distribution, related, speech, sounds.An impalpable powder.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: linguistics, distribution, related, speech, sounds.One of the different sounds used to pronounce the same basic speech sound.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: linguistics, distribution, related, speech, sounds.Compounded or consisting of two things or parts; characterized by two (things).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: linguistics, distribution, related, speech, sounds.a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: linguistics, distribution, related, speech, sounds.Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable; variable; fickle; inconstant; as, a changeable humor.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: linguistics, distribution, related, speech, sounds.One who classifies.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: linguistics, distribution, related, speech, sounds.Agreement; accordance.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: linguistics, distribution, related, speech, sounds.The study of language as people really speak and write it.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: linguistics, distribution, related, speech, sounds.Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: linguistics, distribution, related, speech, sounds.Distinct; separate; not the same; other.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: linguistics, distribution, related, speech, sounds.The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution; often used of the distribution of good and evil by God to man, or more generically…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: linguistics, distribution, related, speech, sounds.A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, having a different value in different States and at different periods. The average value of th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: linguistics, distribution, related, speech, sounds.A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: linguistics, distribution, related, speech, sounds.One overattentive to forms, or too much confined to them; esp., one who rests in external religious forms, or observes strictly the ou…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: linguistics, distribution, related, speech, sounds.The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin, and is also call…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: linguistics, distribution, related, speech, sounds.Employing the same letters to represent different sounds in different words or syllables; -- said of methods of spelling; as, the ordi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: linguistics, distribution, related, speech, sounds.That method of spelling in which the same letters represent different sounds in different words, as in the ordinary English orthograph…
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