Definitions for migration

migration mi·gra·tion

Spelling: [mahy-grey-shuh n]
IPA: /maɪˈgreɪ ʃən/

Migration is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 457 anagrams from letters in migration (agiimnort).

Definitions for migration

noun

  1. the process or act of migrating.
  2. a migratory movement:
  3. a number or body of persons or animals migrating together.
  4. Chemistry. a movement or change of position of atoms within a molecule.
  5. Physics. diffusion (def 3a).

Origin of migration

First recorded in 1605-15, migration is from the Latin word migrātīon- (stem of migrātiō). See migrate, -ion

Examples for migration

It is scarcely probable that there could have been only one migration of the Persians.

And more are on the way in a migration likely to continue for months.

Their first migration from Sanjan seems to have been to Cambay (942–997).

The migration of Europeans to the American continent was the final step.

This “Sixth migration” of massive human migration to Texas is the larger story of the book, and it is a significant story.

The migration pattern—families that have failed elsewhere and come here for a last chance—becomes clear quickly enough.

She knew where the Monarch butterfly went on his winter migration.

The three boys were speedily in the midst of preparations for their migration.

The habitat requirements of elk and their speed of migration are probably the same today as at the end of the Pleistocene.

Such acts send a powerful signal, says Kevin Appleby, head of migration policy for the USCCB.

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