migration

(noun)

noun

1. the movement of persons from one country or locality to another

Definition categories: act, motion, move, movement

2. a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period)

Definition categories: group, people

3. (chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule

Definition categories: event

4. the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding

Definition categories: event

Sentences with migration as a noun:

- The migration of lead from a can to the food inside it can cause lead poisoning.