'Migration' definitions:
Definition of 'migration'
From: WordNet
noun
The movement of persons from one country or locality to another
noun
A group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period)
noun
(chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule
noun
The periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding
Definition of 'Migration'
From: GCIDE
- Migration \Mi*gra"tion\, n. [L. migratio: cf. F. migration.] The act of migrating. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'migration'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- communication,
- conduction,
- contagion,
- convection,
- delivery,
- deportation,
- diapedesis,
- diffusion,
- dissemination,
- emigration,
- expatriation,
- export,
- exportation,
- expulsion,
- extradition,
- flight,
- immigration,
- import,
- importation,
- in-migration,
- interchange,
- intermigration,
- metastasis,
- metathesis,
- metempsychosis,
- mutual transfer,
- osmosis,
- out-migration,
- passage,
- passing over,
- perfusion,
- remigration,
- run,
- spread,
- spreading,
- swarm,
- swarming,
- transduction,
- transfer,
- transfer of property,
- transference,
- transfusion,
- transit,
- transition,
- translation,
- translocation,
- transmigration,
- transmigration of souls,
- transmission,
- transmittal,
- transmittance,
- transplacement,
- transplantation,
- transposal,
- transposition,
- travel,
- trek