migration
See also: Migration
English
Etymology
From Middle French migration and its source, Latin migrātiō, from the participle stem of migrō (“I migrate”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /maɪˈɡɹeɪʃ(ə)n/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
migration (countable and uncountable, plural migrations)
- An instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
- Seasonal moving for animals, as birds or fishes, to breed or find a new home.
- 2013 January 1, Paul Bartel, Ashli Moore, “Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, page 47–48:
- Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.
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- Movement in general.
- The migration of lead from a can to the food inside it can cause lead poisoning.
- (computing) Instance of changing a platform from an environment to another one.
- (biochemistry) The movement of cells in particular directions to specific locations.
Derived terms
- chain migration
- internal migration
- mass migration
- relay migration
- stepwise migration
Related terms
- emigration
- migrant
- migrate
- migratory
- immigration
- inmigration, in-migration
- outmigration, out-migration
- porting
Translations
moving a place to live to another
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seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
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computing: changing a platform from an environment to another one
French
Pronunciation
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Further reading
- “migration” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Swedish
Noun
migration c
- migration; an instance of moving to live in another place for a while, often used in regards of immigration
- Migrationspolitiken har gått överstyr och måste återgå till sansade diskussioner.
- The migration politics has gone overboared and must return to a state of sane discussions.
- (biology) migration; seasonal moving for animals, as birds or fishes, to breed or find a new home
- (computing) migration; instance of changing a platform from an environment to another one
Declension
Declension of migration | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | migration | migrationen | migrationer | migrationerna |
Genitive | migrations | migrationens | migrationers | migrationernas |
Derived terms
- Migrationsverket
- migrationspolitik
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