migration
An instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
Other meanings
Seasonal moving of animals, as mammals, birds or fish, especially between breeding and non-breeding areas.
Movement in general.
“The migration of lead from a can to the food inside it can cause lead poisoning.”
Related words
- chain migration
- internal migration
- loop migration
- mass migration
- relay migration
- eco-migration
- interregional migration
- intraregional migration
- stepwise migration
- abmigration
- antimigration
- chemomigration
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "migrātiō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “migration” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.