migration
An instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
Noun 4 meanings
An instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
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.”
Instance of changing a platform from an environment to another one.
Etymology
From Middle French migration and its source, Latin migrātiō, from the participle stem of migrō (“to migrate”). Morphologically migrate + -ion.
MIGRATION at a glance
MIGRATION has 9 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (M 3 + I 1 + G 2 + R 1 + A 1 + T 1 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,614 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with migration
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