MOBILIZATION

mobilization, mobilisation, militarization, militarisation

(noun) act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: “mobilization of the troops”

mobilization, mobilisation

(noun) act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action; “mobilization of the country’s economic resources”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

mobilization (countable and uncountable, plural mobilizations)

The act of mobilizing

The marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war.

The process by which the armed forces of a nation are brought to a state of readiness for a conflict.

(geology) The softening of rock such that geochemical migration can take place

(genetics) The transport of a copy of a gene from one chromosome, or one organism to another

Antonyms

• demobilization

• immobilization

Source: Wiktionary


Mob`i*li*za"tion, n. Etym: [F. mobilization.]

Definition: The act of mobilizing.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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