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BIRTH RATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
Synonyms:
birth rate; birthrate; fertility; fertility rate; natality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("birth rate" is a kind of...):
rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)
Context examples:
Scientists have sketched out one of the greatest baby booms in North American history, a centuries-long growth blip among southwestern Native Americans between 500 and 1300 A.D. It was a time when the early features of civilization—including farming and food storage—had matured to a level where birth rates likely exceeded the highest in the world today.
(Scientists chart a baby boom in southwestern Native Americans from 500 to 1300 A.D., NSF)
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