Mobilization

Noun

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

Thesaurus
activation, activity, actuation, arms race, arrangement, assemblage, assembly, basic training, briefing, bugle call, call, call to arms, call-up, canvass, catchword, census, clarion, clarion call, clearing the decks, collection, colligation, collocation, combination, comparison, compulsory military service, concourse, concurrence, confluence, conflux, congregation, conscription, convergence, corralling, data-gathering, draft, draft call, drafting, dynamics, enlistment, enrollment, equipment, exhortation, familiarization, fixing, foundation, garrison state, gathering, go for broke, going, groundwork, gung ho, impressment, induction, ingathering, inventory, junction, juxtaposition, kinematics, kinesipathy, kinesis, kinesitherapy, kinetics, levy, makeready, making ready, manufacture, martial law, militarization, motion, motivation, move, movement, moving, muster, planning, prearrangement, preliminaries, preliminary, preliminary act, preliminary step, prep, preparation, preparatory study, preparing, prepping, prerequisite, press, pretreatment, processing, propaedeutic, provision, rally, rallying cry, reactivation, readying, rebel yell, recruiting, recruitment, remilitarization, restlessness, rodeo, roundup, running, selective service, slogan, spadework, stir, stirring, summons, survey, training, treatment, trial, trumpet call, tryout, unrest, velocity, war clouds, war cry, war footing, war whoop, warm-up, wartime footing, watchword

Alternative forms

 * Commonwealth: mobilisation

Translations

 * Romanian: mobilizare

Related terms

 * mobile
 * mobility


 * mobilize
 * move