[syn: mobilization, mobilisation]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mobilization \Mob`i*li*za"tion\, n. [F. mobilization.]
The act of mobilizing.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mobilization
n 1: act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or
other emergency: "mobilization of the troops" [syn:
mobilization, mobilisation, militarization,
militarisation] [ant: demobilisation, demobilization]
2: act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or
action; "mobilization of the country's economic resources"
[syn: mobilization, mobilisation]