prevalence

noun
/ˈpɹɛvələns/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French prévalence.

  1. borrowed from prévalence

Definitions

  1. The quality or condition of being prevalent

    The quality or condition of being prevalent; wide extension or spread.

    • On Starting Point this morning, Southern Poverty Law Center senior fellow Mark Potok discusses the prevalence of white supremacist groups and explains how this type of music is used as a recruitment tool.
  2. The total number of cases of a disease in a given statistical population at a given time,…

    The total number of cases of a disease in a given statistical population at a given time, divided by the number of individuals in that population.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for prevalence. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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