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population pressure
noun
, Ecology.
- the force exerted by a growing population upon its environment, resulting in dispersal or reduction of the population.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of population pressure1
First recorded in 1930–35
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Example Sentences
Why are the means of regulating families made known to us if we are not to use them when population-pressure becomes acute?
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And after c. 1750, population pressure continued to build up to the present time.
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But before population pressure became too serious in Europe or Japan, industry developed and absorbed the excess population.
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You mean during the population pressure of the 24th century?
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