Look up: migration

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   Migration
   Migration is a yearly movement in which some animals travel to avoid bad weather, to find food, or to reproduce. Some migrators (animals who migrate) travel short distances, other go thousands of miles. Migrators travel by flying, swimming, walking, hopping, burrowing, or slithering. True migrators make a two-way trip each year from one place to another and back again.Most migrators travel north and south, but some, like the umbrellabird and the earthworm , migrate vertically (up and down). Some...
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   Migration
   The regular movement of animals from one place to anothers, whether for reasons of climate, reproduction, or food.
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   Migration
   The movement of people between countries.
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   migration
   [n] - a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period) 2. [n] - (chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule 3. [n] - the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding 4. [n] - the movement of persons from one country or locality to another
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   Migration
   1. Hydrocarbons are often found in formations other than those in which their organic source was deposited. This movement of hydrocarbons, often over considerable distances is known as migration.
   2. Migration is also a process applied to data recorded, e.g. in a '3-D' seismic survey, to adjust for the effects of the 'oblique' angle at which it was gathered.
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   Migration
   the movement of people into and out of a particular territory
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   Migration
   (CONTROL SYSTEMS GLOSSARY) When manufacturers produce new products they usually provide a migration path whereby their existing clients can upgrade their systems without total replacement. Rival manufacturers also provide migration paths away from the systems of others' in order to gain market share.
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   Migration
   The movement of telephone numbers from one range (often a non-specified range) to another (specified) range.
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   migration
   the movement of oil from the area in which it was formed to a reservoir rock where it can accumulate.
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    migration
    The movement of an animal from one region to another, usually when the seasons change. With birds, this usually involves the movement of a species between a breeding area and a wintering ground that might be a long way apart.
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    migration
    (1) The (usually intramolecular) transfer of an atom or group during the course of a molecular rearrangement. (2) The movement of a bond to a new position, within the same molecular entity, is known as 'bond migration'. Allylic rearrangements, e.g., RCH=CHCH₂X RCH(X)CH=CH₂ exemplify both types of migration.
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    Migration
    The movement of one or more of the components of a pressure-sensitive adhesive to either a substrate or face material; the movement of one or more of the components of either or both the face material and the substrate into the adhesive and ink.
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    migration
    1 the process of moving infrequently used data from an on-line storage device to a less expensive off-line device; 2 the process of moving data from an off-line storage device to an on-line device when it is going to be used with greater frequency In sense 2 also: staging-See: Staging Category: Management in the public and private sector • movement of certain material in a coating to t...
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    Migration
    Spreading or creeping of a constituent of a compound onto/into adjacent surfaces. See bleeding.
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    Migration
    The movement of individuals, and commonly whole populations from one region to another.
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    Migration
    Mi·gra'tion noun [ Latin migratio : confer French migration .] The act of migrating.
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    migration
    1. Passing from one part to another, said of certain morbid processes or symptoms. ... Synonym: diapedesis. ... 3. Movement of a tooth or teeth out of normal position. ... 4. Movement of molecules during electrophoresis. ... Origin: L. Migro, pp. -atus, to move from place to place ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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    migration
    noun the movement of persons from one country or locality to another
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    migration
    noun the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding
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    migration
    noun a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period)
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    migration
    the movement of a group of people from one country or locality to another
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    Migration
    • (n.) The act of migrating.
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    migration
    (from the article `chromatography`) ...into the system in a confined region or narrow zone (the origin), whereupon the different species are transported at different rates in the ... ...sieving can also be important applications of gels; in this case the pore dimensions of the gel are comparable to the dimensions of the ... [2 relate...
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    migration
    (from the article `petroleum`) Accumulations of petroleum are usually found in relatively coarse-grained, permeable, and porous sedimentary reservoir rocks that contain little, if ...
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    migration
    (from the article `boreal forest`) ...as far south as 30° N latitude by the continental glaciers of Europe, Asia, and North America and by the hyperarid and extremely cold environments ...
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