Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ghost population

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English

Syllables: ghost pop-u-la-tion
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A population that is inferred to have existed based on data that has been reconstructed rather than on direct sampling.

Example Sentences

"The Ancient North-Eurasians are a ghost population whose existence can be inferred from analysis of European and Native American genes."

Etymology

From ghost + population.

Inflected Forms

ghost populations (plural)

Questions

What does ghost population mean?: A population that is inferred to have existed based on data that has been reconstructed rather than on direct sampling.
Where does ghost population come from?: From ghost + population.

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