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nonoccupation

nonoccupation noun: absence of occupation; the situation where a territory etc. is not occupied.

Noun

nonoccupation (uncountable)

  1. Absence of occupation; the situation where a territory etc. is not occupied.
    • Black coloration denotes occupation, white coloration nonoccupation, and X that a burrow had not yet or not any more existed in the respective year.2015 July 15, Vera Brust et al., “Determinants of between-year burrow re-occupation in a colony of the European bee-eater Merops apiaster”, in Ecology and Evolution, volume 5, →DOI

Origin of nonoccupation

From non- + occupation.

Questions about nonoccupation

What does nonoccupation mean?
Nonoccupation means absence of occupation; the situation where a territory etc. is not occupied.
What part of speech is nonoccupation?
Nonoccupation is a noun.

Words near nonoccupation in the dictionary

  1. nonocclusive
  2. nonoccultation
  3. nonocculting
  4. nonoccupant
  5. nonoccupants
  6. nonoccupation
  7. nonoccupational
  8. nonoccupationally
  9. nonoccupier
  10. nonoccupiers
  11. nonoccupying

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