EMBARKATION

boarding, embarkation, embarkment

(noun) the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

embarkation (countable and uncountable, plural embarkations)

The act of embarking.

The process of loading military personnel and vehicles etc into ships or aircraft.

(obsolete) A vessel.

Source: Wiktionary


Em`bar*ka"tion, n.

1. The act of putting or going on board of a vessel; as, the embarkation of troops.

2. That which is embarked; as, an embarkation of Jesuits. Smollett.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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