immunisation
immunisation noun: the process of immunising signalling and traction power supplies so they don't interfere with each other. Also the alternative spelling of immunization.
Noun
immunisation (countable and uncountable, plural immunisations)
- The process of immunising signalling and traction power supplies so they don't interfere with each other.
- "Secondly, we have to find more cost-effective ways of electrifying. And we've had a real breakthrough in the last couple of years in terms of bridge clearances and immunisation, meaning we've been able to take hundreds of millions of pounds off the cost of electrification.2020 May 20, Andrew Haines talks to Stefanie Foster, “Repurpose rail for the 2020s”, in Rail, page 33
Also used as
immunisation is also the alternative spelling of immunization.
Forms of immunisation
| plural | immunisations |
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Origin of immunisation
From French immunisation. Equivalent to immunise + -ation or immune + -isation.
Words formed from immunisation
Questions about immunisation
- What does immunisation mean?
- Immunisation means the process of immunising signalling and traction power supplies so they don't interfere with each other.
- What part of speech is immunisation?
- Immunisation is a noun.
- What is the plural of immunisation?
- The plural of immunisation is immunisations.
Words near immunisation in the dictionary
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