migration | ||
1. | [ noun ] the movement of a group of people from one country or locality to another | |
Related terms: | motion group_action emigration immigration gold_rush migrate | |
2. | [ noun ] a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period) | |
Related terms: | people migrate | |
3. | [ noun ] (chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule | |
Related terms: | event chemistry | |
4. | [ noun ] the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding | |
Related terms: | periodic_event migrate | |
Similar spelling: |
migrational misreading miscreation migrate migrator migratory microtome misread |