A government where citizens elect people to represent them and make laws on their behalf, instead of always voting directly on laws and other government actions.

(politics) A policy under the rule of people acting on the behalf of and, to a lesser extent, in the interests of the voting blocks by which they were elected.

(inorganic chemistry, physics) main group element

plural of representative government

Alternative form of underrepresent.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of under-represent

present participle of under-represent

having inadequate representation.

simple past tense and past participle of under-represent

(cartography) The scale of a map expressed as a fraction. For example, 1/63,360 or 1:63,360 indicates a scale of one inch to the mile.