NOUN | time | birthrate, birth rate, fertility, fertility rate, natality | the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area |
---|
Sounds | ber'threy.t | |
---|---|---|
Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... |
Meaning | The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year. | |
---|---|---|
Synonyms | birth rate, fertility, fertility rate, natality | |
Broader | rate | A magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit |
Spanish | fertilidad, índice de natalidad, natalidad, tasa de natalidad | |
Catalan | índex de natalitat, natalitat, taxa de natalitat |
©2001-24 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact