- (n.) The science which has to do with the collection and classification of certain facts respecting the condition of the people in a state.
- (n.) Classified facts respecting the condition of the people in a state, their health, their longevity, domestic economy, arts, property, and political strength, their resources, the state of the country, etc. or respecting any particular class or interest; especially, those facts which can be stated in numbers or in tables of numbers or in any tabular and classified arrangement.
- (n.) The branch of mathematics which studies methods for the calculation of probabilities.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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