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subreplacement

adj

Etymology

From sub- + replacement.

  1. derived from *pleth₂-✻ — “to spread”
  2. derived from πλατεῖα
  3. derived from platēa — “plaza, wide street”
  4. derived from place — “place, an open space”
  5. inherited from plæċe — “place, an open space, street”
  6. inherited from place
  7. prefixed as replace — “re + place”
  8. suffixed as replacement — “replace + ment”
  9. prefixed as subreplacement — “sub + replacement”

Definitions

  1. Below the level needed to maintain the current population.

    • The other is the fact that the population of Japan has begun to shrink, the result of years of subreplacement birth rates.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA