Census
['sensəs] or ['sɛnsəs]
Definition
(noun.) a periodic count of the population.
(verb.) conduct a census; 'They censused the deer in the forest'.
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Definition
(n.) A numbering of the people, and valuation of their estate, for the purpose of imposing taxes, etc.; -- usually made once in five years.
(n.) An official registration of the number of the people, the value of their estates, and other general statistics of a country.
Typist: Ruben
Definition
n. an official enumeration of the inhabitants of a country and of statistics relating to them.—adj. Cen′sual relating to or containing a census.
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Examples
- No one would take a census of prostitution, illegitimacy, adultery, or venereal disease for a statement of reliable facts. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The following figures are based upon the Special Reports of the Census Bureau, 1902 and 1907, with additions computed upon the increase that has subsequently taken place. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- You and I are forever at the mercy of the census-taker and the census-maker. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- At the census of 1790, Massachusetts, alone of all the states, returned no slaves. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Of course, in an obvious census like that of the number of people personal bias counts for so little that it is lost in the grand total. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The whole amorphous field of clandestine vice will, of course, defeat any census. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- By 1907 an even more notable increase was shown, and the Census figures for that year included no fewer than 6,118,578 stations, of which 1,986,575 were independent. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The United States Census Office statistics of 1902 show that the income from incandescent lighting by central stations had by that time become over 52 per cent. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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