settlementation
settlementation noun: settlement, especially in an area that has no official incorporation or legal claim made on it.
Noun
settlementation (countable and uncountable, plural settlementations)
- Settlement, especially in an area that has no official incorporation or legal claim made on it.
- John White led one of the first settlementations.
- The first changes in the landscape are manifested by the cultivation of vegetables, the establishment of vineyards, afforestation and the settlementation of the nomads, as well as by the industrial installations in the capital and, still more so, by those in the countryside where they give the...1965, Mundus - Volumes 1-2, page 29
- The act of settling, or becoming firm or fixed in position.
- On the other hand, it is necessary to have a highly structured vegetation on shore and good attainable feeding grounds near the waters. These are the suppositions of settlementation of waters by geese.1982, Aquila: - Volumes 88-90, page 170
- The reinforced steel columns showed no signs of over-stressing due to uneven settlementation.1999, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on District of Columbia Appropriations, District of Columbia Appropriations for 1999: Hearings, page 2099
Examples of settlementation in a sentence
- There were relatively few, but large and widely scattered villages (rural towns) and in the space between a scattered settlementation of dry-stone shelters and masserie.1987, Danish journal of geography, page 40:
- During the initial stages of settlementation, the availability of government housing could not keep up with the demands of a growing population.1990, Arctic Medical Research - Volume 49, page 87:
- Entire settlementation at risk due to unequal and unpredictable time limit for land subsidence.1996, Nagarlok - Volume 28, page 30:
- Primary stage – removal of insoluble particulate material by screening, the addition of coagulants, followed by settlementation.2007, Jim McLauchlin, Christine Little, Betty C. Hobbs, Hobbs' Food Poisoning and Food Hygiene, page 161:
Forms of settlementation
| plural | settlementations |
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Origin of settlementation
From settlement + -ation.
Questions about settlementation
- What does settlementation mean?
- Settlementation means settlement, especially in an area that has no official incorporation or legal claim made on it.
- How do you use settlementation in a sentence?
- There were relatively few, but large and widely scattered villages (rural towns) and in the space between a scattered settlementation of dry-stone shelters and masserie.
- What part of speech is settlementation?
- Settlementation is a noun.
- What is the plural of settlementation?
- The plural of settlementation is settlementations.
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