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What is an invasion?

What is an invasion? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory or altering the established government.
  2. The entry without consent of an individual or group into an area where they are not wanted.
  3. (medicine) The spread of cancer cells, bacteries and such to the organism.
  4. (surgery) The breaching of the skin barrier.
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Ambitious plans for an invasion of Great Britain in 1779 had to be abandoned.
An example can be seen in the entry for 829, which describes Egbert's invasion of Northumbria.
By the help of these discoveries, Angle culture in the age preceding the invasion of Britannia can be pieced together.
Herd immunity is also viewed as the resistance a population has to the invasion and spread of an infectious disease.
The Prime Minister could count on the support of a hawkish majority in Parliament to support the invasion.
Although Alexander did give papal approval to the conquest after it succeeded, no other source claims papal support before the invasion.

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