mobilization

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

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