migration
nounUK /maɪˈɡɹeɪʃ(ə)n/
Etymology From Middle French migration and its source, Latin migrātiō, from the participle stem of migrō (“to migrate”). Morphologically migrate + -ion.
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An instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
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Seasonal moving of animals, as mammals, birds or fish, especially between breeding and non-breeding areas.
- 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.2013 January 1, Paul Bartel, Ashli Moore, “Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016, pages 47–48:
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Movement in general.
- The migration of lead from a can to the food inside it can cause lead poisoning.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Instance of changing a platform from an environment to another one.
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Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences The movement of cells in particular directions to specific locations.
- Derived terms
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abmigration, antimigration, chain migration, chemomigration, climigration, comigration, countermigration, cybermigration, ecomigration, eco-migration, electromigration, e-migration, endomigration, hypermigration, intermigration, internal migration, interregional migration, intraregional migration, Lessepsian migration, loop migration, mass migration, migrational, migrationism, migrationist, mismigration, net migration, neuromigration, nonmigration, overmigration, palaeomigration, postmigration, premigration, relay migration, remigration, stepwise migration, time migration- Related terms
- emigration, immigration, inmigration, in-migration, migrant, migrate, migratory, outmigration, out-migration, porting