reapportionment
nounThe act of reapportioning or the state of being reapportioned.
nounRedistribution of representation in a legislative body, especially the periodic reallotment of US congressional seats according to changes in the census figures as required by the Constitution.
nounA renewed apportionment; a new proportional distribution or arrangement: as (in the United States), the reapportionment of members of Congress or of Congressional districts under a new census.
nounA second or a new apportionment.
nounThe act of
Reassignment of representation in a legislature, especially of U.S. House of Representative seats, in accord with changes in the census population determination.
nouna new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results)
