población inactiva

Phonetic: "/ɪnˈæktɪv/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Not active, temporarily or permanently.

Example: An inactive boy, he rarely exercised and preferred to stay indoors.

Definition: Not functioning or operating; broken down

Example: The photocopier is inactive pending repair.

Definition: Retired from duty or service.

Example: Admiral Jones is now on the inactive list.

Definition: Relatively inert.

Example: Aluminium is inactive towards water.

Definition: Showing no optical activity in polarized light.

Example: Synthetic glycine is optically inactive as it contains equal amounts of the d- and l- form.

Phonetic: "/ˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃən/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The people living within a political or geographical boundary.

Example: The population of New Jersey will not stand for this!

Definition: (by extension) The people with a given characteristic.

Example: India has the third-largest population of English-speakers in the world.

Definition: A count of the number of residents within a political or geographical boundary such as a town, a nation or the world.

Example: The town’s population is only 243.

Definition: A collection of organisms of a particular species, sharing a particular characteristic of interest, most often that of living in a given area.

Example: A seasonal migration annually changes the populations in two or more biotopes drastically, many twice in opposite senses.

Definition: A group of units (persons, objects, or other items) enumerated in a census or from which a sample is drawn.

Definition: The act of filling initially empty items in a collection.

Example: John clicked the Search button and waited for the population of the list to complete.