explosive population growth

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• explosive — I UK [ɪkˈspləʊsɪv] / US [ɪkˈsploʊsɪv] adjective * 1) a) used for causing an explosion an explosive device (= a bomb) b) able to explode This gas is highly explosive. 2) likely to create difficulties or to have a dangerous or violent effect The… …   English dictionary

• explosive — ex|plo|sive1 [ ık splousıv ] adjective * ▸ 1 able to explode (something) ▸ 2 likely to cause problems ▸ 3 suddenly increasing ▸ 4 showing sudden emotion ▸ 5 very powerful ▸ 6 loud and unexpected 1. ) used for causing an explosion: an explosive… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• explosive — I. adjective Date: 1667 1. a. relating to, characterized by, or operated by explosion < an explosive hatch > b. resulting from or as if from an explosion < explosive population growth > 2. a. tending to explode < an explosive p …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• explosive — 1. adjective 1) explosive gases Syn: volatile, inflammable, flammable, combustible, incendiary 2) Biff s explosive temper Syn: fiery, stormy, violent, volatile, angry, passionate …   Thesaurus of popular words

• population ecology — Introduction       study of the processes that affect the distribution and abundance of animal and plant populations.       A population is a subset of individuals of one species that occupies a particular geographic area and, in sexually… …   Universalium

• population explosion — noun An explosive, i.e. extremely fast, population growth A locust plague starts when exceptionally propiscious circumstances combine to trigger an insect population explosion, which literally dies down as the conditions worsen and the food… …   Wiktionary

• growth — noun 1 increase in sth ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, exponential, significant, strong ▪ the exponential growth in world population ▪ high ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• economic growth — Process by which a nation s wealth increases over time. The most widely used measure of economic growth is the real rate of growth in a country s total output of goods and services (gauged by the gross domestic product adjusted for inflation, or… …   Universalium

• Perils of China's Explosive Growth — ▪ 2008 Introduction by Dorothy Grace Guerrero The China of 2007 was indeed a far cry from the country that in the 1950s Swedish Nobel Prize winning economist Gunnar Myrdal predicted would remain mired in poverty. In anticipation of the 2008… …   Universalium

• Demographic trap — Population pyramid of Egypt in 2005. Many of those 30 and younger are educated citizens who are experiencing difficulty finding work. According to the Encyclopedia of International Development, the term demographic trap is used by demographers to …   Wikipedia

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