importation
nounEtymology From import + -ation.
1
The act or an instance of importing.
2
The act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country.
3
That which is imported; commodities or wares introduced into a country from abroad.
4
Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences The use of a term which consists of formally foreign elements.
5
Human sciences, Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy, Sciences The logical law (P→(Q→R))⇒((P∧Q)→R).
- Derived terms
- nonimportation, overimportation, reimportation