Noun: reapportionment ,ree-u'por-shun-munt
- A new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results)
"The reapportionment of seats in Congress followed the latest census";
- reallotment, reallocation
Derived forms: reapportionments
Type of: allocation, allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parceling [US], parcelling
Encyclopedia: Reapportionment