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migration

mig·ra·tion

UK/maɪˈɡɹeɪʃ(ə)n/ US/maɪˈɡreɪʃʌn/ uncommon

noun

1.

the movement of persons from one country or locality to another

2.

a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period)

3.

(chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule

4.

the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding

Origin

From Middle French migration and its source, Latin migrātiō, from the participle stem of migrō (“to migrate”). Morphologically migrate + -ion.

Phrases

  • chain migration
  • internal migration
  • interregional migration
  • intraregional migration
  • Lessepsian migration
  • loop migration
  • mass migration
  • net migration

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