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Mobilization

Mobˊi-li-za′tion

,
Noun.
[F.
mobilization
.]
The act of mobilizing.
2.
Specifically:
To put in a state of readiness for active service in war, as an army corps;
as, to
mobilize
the National Guard
.

Syn. – mobilise, militarize, militarise.

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mobilization

mobilization

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mobilization (countable and uncountable, plural mobilizations)

  1. The act of mobilizing
  2. The marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war.
  3. The process by which the armed forces of a nation are brought to a state of readiness for a conflict.
  4. (geology) The softening of rock such that geochemical migration can take place
  5. (genetics) The transport of a copy of a gene from one chromosome, or one organism to another

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