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demographic | profile |

As an adjective demographic

is of or pertaining to demography.

As a noun demographic

is (en) a demographic criterion: a characteristic used to classify people for statistical purposes, such as age, race, or gender.

As a verb profile is

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demographic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to demography.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (en) A demographic criterion: a characteristic used to classify people for statistical purposes, such as age, race, or gender.
  • * 1985, Richard I. Henderson, Compensation Management: Rewarding Performance , Fourth Edition,[http://books.google.com/books?id=3AVHAAAAMAAJ] Reston Pub. Co., ISBN 0835909743, page 604,
    • Of significant current interest is the fact that the compa-ratio can be used to analyze the pay treatment of specific groups of employees. Segregating employees by such demographics as gender, race, or age group (e.g., 18–25, 26–39, 40–50, 51–65), a compa-ratio analysis could provide a first indication […]
  • * 2000, James Chapman, “Impact of Building Roads to Everywhere”, in Robert D. Bullard, Glenn S. Johnson, and Angel O. Torres (eds.), Sprawl City: Race, Politics, and Planning in Atlanta ,[http://books.google.com/books?id=Arg-DU8tQF8C] Island Press, ISBN 1-55963-790-0, page 82,
    • How will this investment affect at the individual level, based on being disaggregated by various demographics (race and ethnicity, gender, age, disability, income) and locations (inner city, inner ring suburbs, suburbs, exurbs), miles traveled, travel time, accessibility to transit, and car ownership?
  • A demographic group: a collection of people sharing a value for a certain demographic criterion.
  • * 2002, Laura Grindstaff, ‘Pretty Woman with a Gun: '' and the Textual Politics of “The Remake”’, in Jennifer Forrest and Leonard R. Koos (eds.), ''Dead Ringers: The Remake in Theory and Practice ,[http://books.google.com/books?id=R1CRyD4Bs44C] State University of New York Press, ISBN 0-7914-5169-0, page 281,
    • […] it was also the initial verdict for before the show garnered something of a cult following among the crucial 30–something demographic , at which point the critical response grew decidedly more favorable.
  • * 2006 , Tom Hutchison, Amy Macy, Paul Allen, Record Label Marketing , Elsevier, page 189,
    • A newspaper is consumed by many demographics , a small portion of which may be the target.
  • * 2006, Kelley Keehn, The Woman's Guide to Money ,[http://books.google.com/books?id=cgRSZWh0BdkC] Insomniac Press, ISBN 1897178085, page 44,
    • As a member of the Generation X demographic , I'm saddened to admit that paying with plastic (whether debit or credit card) has superseded paying with real money.
  • * 2012 , 24 June (Sun), Debbie Arrington, "Racing Fans are being courted", The Sacramento Bee , page C1, col. 4
    • "The demographic for NASCAR is people who eat," said Steve Page, president of the former Infineon Raceway
  • (en) An individual person's characteristic, encoded for the purposes of statistical analysis.

    • profile

    English

    (wikipedia profile)

    Noun

  • (countable) the outermost shape, view, or edge of an object
    • His fingers traced the profile of the handle.
  • (countable) The shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side; a side view.
    • The brooch showed the profile of a Victorian woman.
  • (countable) A summary or collection of information, especially about a person
    • Law enforcement assembled a profile of the suspect.
  • (countable) a specific space or field in which users can provide various types of personal information in software or Internet systems
    • I just updated my Facebook profile to show I got engaged.
  • (uncountable) reputation
  • (uncountable) the amount by which something protrudes
    • Choose a handle with a low profile so it does not catch on things.
  • (uncountable) prominence; noticeability
    • Acting is, by nature, profession in which one must keep a high profile .
  • (archaeology) A smoothed (e.g., troweled or brushed) vertical surface of an excavation showing evidence of at least one feature or diagnostic specimen; the graphic recording of such as by sketching, photographing, etc.
  • Character; totality of related characteristics; signature; status (especially in scientific, technical, or military uses).
    • What's the thermal profile on that thing?
  • (architecture) A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of mouldings etc.
  • (civil engineering) A drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground along a surveyed line, or graded work, as of a railway, showing elevations, depressions, grades, etc.

    • Antonyms

    * (print mode or selection ) portrait

    Verb

    (profil)
  • to create a summary or collection of information, especially about a person
  • to act based on such a summary; especially, to act on a stereotype. See profiling.

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