Meaning of COLONIZATION
| Pronunciation: | | k`âlunuz'eyshun
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| | Definition: | | [n] the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies; "the British colonization of America" |
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| | Synonyms: | | colonisation, settlement |
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| | See Also: | | constitution, establishment, formation, organisation, organization, population | |
| Products Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | |  Colonization
The first book in the Colonization series tracks the post-alien-invasion events of author Turtledove`s alternate-world saga begun in the Worldwar series. more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Col`o*ni*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. colonisation.]
The act of colonizing, or the state of being colonized; the
formation of a colony or colonies.
The wide continent of America invited colonization.
--Bancroft.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Multiplication of a microorganism after it has attached to host tissues or other surfaces. |
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| | Related Terms: | | absentee voting, adoption, anchorage, appropriation, arrogation, assumption, ballot-box stuffing, card voting, conquest, cumulative system, cumulative voting, election fraud, empeoplement, enslavement, establishment, fixation, floating, foundation, Hare system, inauguration, indent, inhabiting, initiation, installation, installment, investiture, list system, lodgment, mooring, occupation, peoplement, peopling, plantation, plural system, population, PR, preemption, preferential system, preferential voting, preoccupation, prepossession, proportional representation, proxy voting, repeating, requisition, settlement, settling, single system, single transferrable vote, single-member district, subjugation, takeover, taking over, usurpation, vote, voting, voting machine |
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