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What does migration mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word migration? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. An instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
  2. Seasonal moving for animals, as birds or fishes, to breed or find a new home.
  3. Movement in general.
  4. (computing) Instance of changing a platform from an environment to another one.
  5. (biochemistry) The movement of cells in particular directions to specific locations.
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By all odds the most remarkable westward migration before the California gold rush of 1849 was the Mormon hegira to the Great Salt Lake basin.
In the power vacuum left by the retreating Romans, the Germanic Angles, Saxons, and Jutes began the next great migration across the North Sea.
At the height of glaciation the Bering land bridge potentially permitted migration of mammals, including people, to North America from Siberia.
Dates for Paleo-Indian migration out of Beringia are a matter of current debate.
They are vital feeding grounds on migration flyways for shorebirds travelling between the Arctic and Africa.
The outward migration of people from the city has hurt the city's economy greatly.

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